From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 9a9f3a9842927e4af7ca10c19c94dad83bebd713 upstream. Now ac_groups_linear_remaining is of type __u16 and s_mb_max_linear_groups is of type unsigned int, so an overflow occurs when setting a value above 65535 through the mb_max_linear_groups sysfs interface. Therefore, the type of ac_groups_linear_remaining is set to __u32 to avoid overflow. Fixes: 196e402adf2e ("ext4: improve cr 0 / cr 1 group scanning") CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240319113325.3110393-8-libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/mballoc.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h @@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ struct ext4_allocation_context { __u32 ac_groups_considered; __u32 ac_flags; /* allocation hints */ + __u32 ac_groups_linear_remaining; __u16 ac_groups_scanned; - __u16 ac_groups_linear_remaining; __u16 ac_found; __u16 ac_tail; __u16 ac_buddy; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.1/ext4-set-type-of-ac_groups_linear_remaining-to-__u32-to-avoid-overflow.patch queue-6.1/ext4-fix-mb_cache_entry-s-e_refcnt-leak-in-ext4_xattr_block_cache_find.patch