From b1d682f1990c19fb1d5b97d13266210457092bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Weber Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 10:53:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix journal credit check when setting fscrypt context Fix an issue arising when ext4 features has_journal, ea_inode, and encrypt are activated simultaneously, leading to ENOSPC when creating an encrypted file. Fix by passing XATTR_CREATE flag to xattr_set_handle function if a handle is specified, i.e., when the function is called in the control flow of creating a new inode. This aligns the number of jbd2 credits set_handle checks for with the number allocated for creating a new inode. ext4_set_context must not be called with a non-null handle (fs_data) if fscrypt context xattr is not guaranteed to not exist yet. The only other usage of this function currently is when handling the ioctl FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY, which calls it with fs_data=NULL. Fixes: c1a5d5f6ab21eb7e ("ext4: improve journal credit handling in set xattr paths") Co-developed-by: Anthony Durrer Signed-off-by: Anthony Durrer Signed-off-by: Simon Weber Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260207100148.724275-4-simon.weber.39@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o Cc: stable@kernel.org --- fs/ext4/crypto.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c index cf0a0970c095..f41f320f4437 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c +++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c @@ -163,10 +163,17 @@ static int ext4_set_context(struct inode *inode, const void *ctx, size_t len, */ if (handle) { + /* + * Since the inode is new it is ok to pass the + * XATTR_CREATE flag. This is necessary to match the + * remaining journal credits check in the set_handle + * function with the credits allocated for the new + * inode. + */ res = ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode, EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_ENCRYPTION, EXT4_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT, - ctx, len, 0); + ctx, len, XATTR_CREATE); if (!res) { ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT); ext4_clear_inode_state(inode,