From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 5c0f4cc84d3a601c99bc5e6e6eb1cbda542cce95 upstream. When calling ext4_force_split_extent_at() in ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(), the 'ppath' is updated but it is the 'path' that is freed, thus potentially triggering a double-free in the following process: ext4_ext_replay_update_ex ppath = path ext4_force_split_extent_at(&ppath) ext4_split_extent_at ext4_ext_insert_extent ext4_ext_create_new_leaf ext4_ext_grow_indepth ext4_find_extent if (depth > path[0].p_maxdepth) kfree(path) ---> path First freed *orig_path = path = NULL ---> null ppath kfree(path) ---> path double-free !!! So drop the unnecessary ppath and use path directly to avoid this problem. And use ext4_find_extent() directly to update path, avoiding unnecessary memory allocation and freeing. Also, propagate the error returned by ext4_find_extent() instead of using strange error codes. Fixes: 8016e29f4362 ("ext4: fast commit recovery path") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240822023545.1994557-8-libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 21 ++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -5928,7 +5928,7 @@ out: int ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start, int len, int unwritten, ext4_fsblk_t pblk) { - struct ext4_ext_path *path = NULL, *ppath; + struct ext4_ext_path *path; struct ext4_extent *ex; int ret; @@ -5944,30 +5944,29 @@ int ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(struct ino if (le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) != start || ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex) != len) { /* We need to split this extent to match our extent first */ - ppath = path; down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); - ret = ext4_force_split_extent_at(NULL, inode, &ppath, start, 1); + ret = ext4_force_split_extent_at(NULL, inode, &path, start, 1); up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); if (ret) goto out; - kfree(path); - path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, NULL, 0); + + path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, &path, 0); if (IS_ERR(path)) - return -1; - ppath = path; + return PTR_ERR(path); ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext; WARN_ON(le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) != start); + if (ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex) != len) { down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); - ret = ext4_force_split_extent_at(NULL, inode, &ppath, + ret = ext4_force_split_extent_at(NULL, inode, &path, start + len, 1); up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); if (ret) goto out; - kfree(path); - path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, NULL, 0); + + path = ext4_find_extent(inode, start, &path, 0); if (IS_ERR(path)) - return -EINVAL; + return PTR_ERR(path); ex = path[path->p_depth].p_ext; } } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.10/ext4-fix-double-brelse-the-buffer-of-the-extents-path.patch queue-5.10/ext4-update-orig_path-in-ext4_find_extent.patch queue-5.10/ext4-aovid-use-after-free-in-ext4_ext_insert_extent.patch queue-5.10/ext4-drop-ppath-from-ext4_ext_replay_update_ex-to-avoid-double-free.patch queue-5.10/ext4-fix-slab-use-after-free-in-ext4_split_extent_at.patch queue-5.10/ext4-propagate-errors-from-ext4_find_extent-in-ext4_insert_range.patch queue-5.10/ext4-avoid-use-after-free-in-ext4_ext_show_leaf.patch