ext4: add ext4_iget_normal() which is to be used for dir tree lookups
authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Mon, 6 Oct 2014 02:56:00 +0000 (22:56 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:59:58 +0000 (08:59 -0800)
commit f4bb2981024fc91b23b4d09a8817c415396dbabb upstream.

If there is a corrupted file system which has directory entries that
point at reserved, metadata inodes, prohibit them from being used by
treating them the same way we treat Boot Loader inodes --- that is,
mark them to be bad inodes.  This prohibits them from being opened,
deleted, or modified via chmod, chown, utimes, etc.

In particular, this prevents a corrupted file system which has a
directory entry which points at the journal inode from being deleted
and its blocks released, after which point Much Hilarity Ensues.

Reported-by: Sami Liedes <sami.liedes@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
fs/ext4/ext4.h
fs/ext4/inode.c
fs/ext4/namei.c
fs/ext4/super.c

index 62f024c..8f5a054 100644 (file)
@@ -2110,6 +2110,7 @@ int do_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *handle,
 #define CONVERT_INLINE_DATA     2
 
 extern struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
+extern struct inode *ext4_iget_normal(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int  ext4_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
 extern int  ext4_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int  ext4_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
index 6b6e8c5..dd62031 100644 (file)
@@ -4250,6 +4250,13 @@ bad_inode:
        return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
+struct inode *ext4_iget_normal(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
+{
+       if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) && ino != EXT4_ROOT_INO)
+               return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+       return ext4_iget(sb, ino);
+}
+
 static int ext4_inode_blocks_set(handle_t *handle,
                                struct ext4_inode *raw_inode,
                                struct ext4_inode_info *ei)
index d050e04..ad36eb3 100644 (file)
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
                                         dentry);
                        return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
                }
-               inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
+               inode = ext4_iget_normal(dir->i_sb, ino);
                if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
                        EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
                                         "deleted inode referenced: %u",
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
                return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
        }
 
-       return d_obtain_alias(ext4_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
+       return d_obtain_alias(ext4_iget_normal(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
 }
 
 /*
index 5ee03e5..c888f23 100644 (file)
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_nfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
         * Currently we don't know the generation for parent directory, so
         * a generation of 0 means "accept any"
         */
-       inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino);
+       inode = ext4_iget_normal(sb, ino);
        if (IS_ERR(inode))
                return ERR_CAST(inode);
        if (generation && inode->i_generation != generation) {