commit f66e6ce4446738c2c7f43d41988a3eb73347e2f5 Author: Theodore Ts'o Date: Sat Aug 9 12:24:54 2014 -0400 libext2fs: avoid buffer overflow if s_first_meta_bg is too big If s_first_meta_bg is greater than the of number block group descriptor blocks, then reading or writing the block group descriptors will end up overruning the memory buffer allocated for the descriptors. Fix this by limiting first_meta_bg to no more than fs->desc_blocks. This doesn't correct the bad s_first_meta_bg value, but it avoids causing the e2fsprogs userspace programs from potentially crashing. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o Index: e2fsprogs-1.42.9/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c =================================================================== --- e2fsprogs-1.42.9.orig/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c +++ e2fsprogs-1.42.9/lib/ext2fs/closefs.c @@ -336,9 +336,11 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_flush2(ext2_filsys fs, * superblocks and group descriptors. */ group_ptr = (char *) group_shadow; - if (fs->super->s_feature_incompat & EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG) + if (fs->super->s_feature_incompat & EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG) { old_desc_blocks = fs->super->s_first_meta_bg; - else + if (old_desc_blocks > fs->super->s_first_meta_bg) + old_desc_blocks = fs->desc_blocks; + } else old_desc_blocks = fs->desc_blocks; ext2fs_numeric_progress_init(fs, &progress, NULL, Index: e2fsprogs-1.42.9/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c =================================================================== --- e2fsprogs-1.42.9.orig/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c +++ e2fsprogs-1.42.9/lib/ext2fs/openfs.c @@ -348,9 +348,11 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_open2(const char *name, #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN groups_per_block = EXT2_DESC_PER_BLOCK(fs->super); #endif - if (fs->super->s_feature_incompat & EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG) + if (fs->super->s_feature_incompat & EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG) { first_meta_bg = fs->super->s_first_meta_bg; - else + if (first_meta_bg > fs->desc_blocks) + first_meta_bg = fs->desc_blocks; + } else first_meta_bg = fs->desc_blocks; if (first_meta_bg) { retval = io_channel_read_blk(fs->io, group_block+1,