[PATCH] ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Thu Jul 17 2025 - 10:54:34 EST


A syzbot fuzzed image triggered a BUG_ON in ext4_update_inline_data()
when an inode had the INLINE_DATA_FL flag set but was missing the
system.data extended attribute.

Since this can happen due to a maiciouly fuzzed file system, we
shouldn't BUG, but rather, report it as a corrupted file system.

Reported-by: syzbot+544248a761451c0df72f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inline.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index d5b32d242495..424c40c768de 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ static int ext4_update_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
if (error)
goto out;

+ if (is.s.not_found) {
+ EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "missing inline data xattr");
+ error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
BUG_ON(is.s.not_found);

len -= EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE;
--
2.47.2