tree 2916fa72fd83f009499b0bd2686f3407f1240307
parent 77f29ee17406cc3ee1cbaf32cfeb09600b0e70da
author Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> 1528865488 -0400
committer Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com> 1548869659 -0800

ext4: always verify the magic number in xattr blocks

commit 513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a upstream.

If there an inode points to a block which is also some other type of
metadata block (such as a block allocation bitmap), the
buffer_verified flag can be set when it was validated as that other
metadata block type; however, it would make a really terrible external
attribute block.  The reason why we use the verified flag is to avoid
constantly reverifying the block.  However, it doesn't take much
overhead to make sure the magic number of the xattr block is correct,
and this will avoid potential crashes.

This addresses CVE-2018-10879.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
[Backported to 4.4: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Daniel Rosenberg <drosen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>