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CVE-2026-80809

Status: ReceivedUnscored—

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs

[BUG] lsetxattr() panics the kernel when setting a large xattr value on a fragmented filesystem where the file already has an external xattr block.

[CAUSE] ocfs2_calc_xattr_set_need() never reserves metadata blocks for a new xattr value's extent tree when the file already has an external xattr block. The not_found path leaves meta_add at zero, so meta_ac is NULL when ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() runs.

A new value root has room for a single extent record. On a fragmented filesystem, the allocator cannot satisfy the xattr value in one contiguous run, so each non-contiguous run requires its own extent record. When the value root's extent list is full and meta_ac is NULL, ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree() returns RESTART_META, and ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() hits BUG_ON(why == RESTART_META).

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[FIX] The case where no xattr block exists yet already calls ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(&def_xv.xv.xr_list) to reserve value tree metadata. Add the same reservation to the case where an xattr block already exists, making the two cases consistent.

Replace the BUG_ON with a -ENOSPC return so that if RESTART_META is returned despite the reservation, the error propagates to userspace instead of panicking the kernel.

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Affected technologies (1)

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs\n\n[BUG]\nlsetxattr() panics the kernel when setting a large xattr value on a\nfragmented filesystem where the file already has an external xattr\nblock.\n\n[CAUSE]\nocfs2_calc_xattr_set_need() never reserves metadata blocks for a new\nxattr value's extent tree when the file already has an external xattr\nblock. The not_found path leaves meta_add at zero, so meta_ac is NULL\nwhen ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() runs.\n\nA new value root has room for a single extent record. On a fragmented\nfilesystem, the allocator cannot satisfy the xattr value in one\ncontiguous run, so each non-contiguous run requires its own extent\nrecord. When the value root's extent list is full and meta_ac is NULL,\nocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree() returns RESTART_META, and\nocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() hits BUG_ON(why == RESTART_META).\n\n[FIX]\nThe case where no xattr block exists yet already calls\nocfs2_extend_meta_needed(&def_xv.xv.xr_list) to reserve value tree\nmetadata. Add the same reservation to the case where an xattr block\nalready exists, making the two cases consistent.\n\nReplace the BUG_ON with a -ENOSPC return so that if RESTART_META is\nreturned despite the reservation, the error propagates to userspace\ninstead of panicking the kernel."
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