In the process of changing value for existing EA, there is an improper assignment of e_value_offs(setting to 0), because it will be reset to incorrect value in the following loop(shifting EA values before target). Delayed assignment can avoid this issue. Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/xattr.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c index 943cc469f42f..c802ea682e7f 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c @@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name, /* Remove the old value. */ memmove(first_val + size, first_val, val - first_val); memset(first_val, 0, size); - here->e_value_offs = 0; min_offs += size; /* Adjust all value offsets. */ @@ -600,6 +599,8 @@ ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name, cpu_to_le16(o + size); last = EXT2_XATTR_NEXT(last); } + + here->e_value_offs = 0; } if (value == NULL) { /* Remove the old name. */ -- 2.20.1