From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> commit a164f3a432aae62ca23d03e6d926b122ee5b860d upstream. As Ojaswin mentioned in Link, in ext4_ext_insert_extent(), if the path is reallocated in ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(), we'll use the stale path and cause UAF. Below is a sample trace with dummy values: ext4_ext_insert_extent path = *ppath = 2000 ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(ppath) ext4_find_extent(ppath) path = *ppath = 2000 if (depth > path[0].p_maxdepth) kfree(path = 2000); *ppath = path = NULL; path = kcalloc() = 3000 *ppath = 3000; return path; /* here path is still 2000, UAF! */ eh = path[depth].p_hdr ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ext4_ext_insert_extent+0x26d4/0x3330 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881027bf7d0 by task kworker/u36:1/179 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 179 Comm: kworker/u6:1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc2-dirty #866 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_ext_insert_extent+0x26d4/0x3330 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe22/0x2d40 ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700 ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800 [...] Allocated by task 179: ext4_find_extent+0x81c/0x1f70 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x146/0x2d40 ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700 ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800 ext4_writepages+0x26d/0x4e0 do_writepages+0x175/0x700 [...] Freed by task 179: kfree+0xcb/0x240 ext4_find_extent+0x7c0/0x1f70 ext4_ext_insert_extent+0xa26/0x3330 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe22/0x2d40 ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700 ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800 ext4_writepages+0x26d/0x4e0 do_writepages+0x175/0x700 [...] ================================================================== So use *ppath to update the path to avoid the above problem. Reported-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZqyL6rmtwl6N4MWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 10809df84a4d ("ext4: teach ext4_ext_find_extent() to realloc path if necessary") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240822023545.1994557-7-libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -2099,6 +2099,7 @@ prepend: ppath, newext); if (err) goto cleanup; + path = *ppath; depth = ext_depth(inode); eh = path[depth].p_hdr; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.19/ext4-fix-double-brelse-the-buffer-of-the-extents-path.patch queue-4.19/ext4-update-orig_path-in-ext4_find_extent.patch queue-4.19/ext4-aovid-use-after-free-in-ext4_ext_insert_extent.patch queue-4.19/ext4-fix-slab-use-after-free-in-ext4_split_extent_at.patch queue-4.19/ext4-propagate-errors-from-ext4_find_extent-in-ext4_insert_range.patch