On 6/16/26 00:03, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> Thanks, I have made further clean-ups. Could you please check this?
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs.git/commit/?h=dev

The merged one looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <[email protected]>

Thanks,

> 
> On 06/15, Mikhail Lobanov via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
>> When updating an atomic-write file, f2fs_write_begin() may read the
>> previously written data back from the COW inode:
>> prepare_atomic_write_begin() locates the block in the COW inode and sets
>> use_cow, and the read bio is then built with the COW inode:
>>
>>      f2fs_submit_page_read(use_cow ? F2FS_I(inode)->cow_inode : inode,
>>                            ...);
>>
>> and f2fs_grab_read_bio() decides whether to schedule fs-layer decryption
>> (STEP_DECRYPT) for the bio based on that inode via
>> fscrypt_inode_uses_fs_layer_crypto().
>>
>> However, the folio being filled belongs to the original inode
>> (folio->mapping->host == inode), and the data stored in the COW block was
>> encrypted (or left as plaintext) using the original inode's context, not
>> the COW inode's -- see f2fs_encrypt_one_page(), which keys off
>> fio->page->mapping->host.  fscrypt_decrypt_pagecache_blocks() likewise
>> operates on folio->mapping->host.
>>
>> The COW inode is created as a tmpfile in the parent directory and inherits
>> its encryption policy from there.  With test_dummy_encryption the newly
>> created COW inode gets the dummy policy and becomes encrypted, while a
>> pre-existing regular file -- created before the policy applied, e.g.
>> already present in the on-disk image -- stays unencrypted.  The read
>> path then sets STEP_DECRYPT based on the encrypted COW inode and calls
>> fscrypt_decrypt_pagecache_blocks() on a folio whose host (the unencrypted
>> original inode) has a NULL ->i_crypt_info, dereferencing it:
>>
>>   Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address ...
>>   KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f]
>>   RIP: 0010:fscrypt_decrypt_pagecache_blocks+0xa0/0x310
>>   Workqueue: f2fs_post_read_wq f2fs_post_read_work
>>   Call Trace:
>>    fscrypt_decrypt_bio+0x1eb/0x340
>>    f2fs_post_read_work+0xba/0x140
>>    process_one_work+0x91c/0x1a40
>>    worker_thread+0x677/0xe90
>>    kthread+0x2bc/0x3a0
>>
>> The COW inode is only needed to locate the on-disk block, and that block
>> address is already resolved into @blkaddr by prepare_atomic_write_begin()
>> via __find_data_block(cow_inode, ...); f2fs_submit_page_read() then reads
>> from that physical @blkaddr directly, so the inode argument only selects
>> the post-read crypto context, not which block is fetched.  Reading with
>> @inode therefore returns the same (latest, not-yet-committed) COW data,
>> while making both the fs-layer decryption decision and the inline crypto
>> path use the correct (original inode's) key.
>>
>> With the COW inode no longer used at the read site, the use_cow flag has no
>> remaining consumer; drop it from f2fs_write_begin() and
>> prepare_atomic_write_begin().
>>
>> Fixes: 591fc34e1f98 ("f2fs: use cow inode data when updating atomic write")
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Signed-off-by: Mikhail Lobanov <[email protected]>
>> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> v2: drop the now-unused use_cow flag from f2fs_write_begin() and
>>     prepare_atomic_write_begin() (Chao Yu); no functional change beyond
>>     v1.  Carried Chao's Reviewed-by as the cleanup was his request.
>>     Rebased on current mainline (f2fs_submit_page_read() now takes a
>>     fsverity_info argument and returns void).
>>
>>  fs/f2fs/data.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
>> index 8d4f1e75dee3..9016272b68c7 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
>> @@ -3822,7 +3822,7 @@ static int __reserve_data_block(struct inode *inode, 
>> pgoff_t index,
>>  
>>  static int prepare_atomic_write_begin(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
>>                      struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned int len,
>> -                    block_t *blk_addr, bool *node_changed, bool *use_cow)
>> +                    block_t *blk_addr, bool *node_changed)
>>  {
>>      struct inode *inode = folio->mapping->host;
>>      struct inode *cow_inode = F2FS_I(inode)->cow_inode;
>> @@ -3839,7 +3839,6 @@ static int prepare_atomic_write_begin(struct 
>> f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
>>      if (err) {
>>              return err;
>>      } else if (*blk_addr != NULL_ADDR) {
>> -            *use_cow = true;
>>              return 0;
>>      }
>>  
>> @@ -3873,7 +3872,6 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(const struct kiocb *iocb,
>>      struct folio *folio;
>>      pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>>      bool need_balance = false;
>> -    bool use_cow = false;
>>      block_t blkaddr = NULL_ADDR;
>>      int err = 0;
>>  
>> @@ -3936,7 +3934,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(const struct kiocb *iocb,
>>  
>>      if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
>>              err = prepare_atomic_write_begin(sbi, folio, pos, len,
>> -                                    &blkaddr, &need_balance, &use_cow);
>> +                                    &blkaddr, &need_balance);
>>      else
>>              err = prepare_write_begin(sbi, folio, pos, len,
>>                                      &blkaddr, &need_balance);
>> @@ -3976,8 +3974,15 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(const struct kiocb *iocb,
>>                      err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
>>                      goto put_folio;
>>              }
>> -            f2fs_submit_page_read(use_cow ? F2FS_I(inode)->cow_inode :
>> -                                            inode,
>> +            /*
>> +             * Although the block may be stored in the COW inode, the folio
>> +             * belongs to @inode and its data was encrypted (or not) using
>> +             * @inode's context (see f2fs_encrypt_one_page()).  Read with
>> +             * @inode so the post-read decryption decision matches the
>> +             * folio's owner; otherwise an unencrypted @inode whose COW 
>> inode
>> +             * is encrypted hits a NULL ->i_crypt_info on decryption.
>> +             */
>> +            f2fs_submit_page_read(inode,
>>                                    NULL, /* can't write to fsverity files */
>>                                    folio, blkaddr, 0, true);
>>  
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>
>>
>>
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