Re: [PATCH v4.9.y] ext4: never move the system.data xattr out of the inode body

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On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 10:17:48AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> 
> commit 8cdb5240ec5928b20490a2bb34cb87e9a5f40226 upstream.
> 
> When expanding the extra isize space, we must never move the
> system.data xattr out of the inode body.  For performance reasons, it
> doesn't make any sense, and the inline data implementation assumes
> that system.data xattr is never in the external xattr block.
> 
> This addresses CVE-2018-10880
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200005
> 
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> [groeck: Context changes]
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> I thought the 4.4.y backport should apply, but I think it doesn't after
> all. This backport applies to v4.9.y.

Thanks, that worked.

greg k-h



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