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The inline data feature was implemented before we added support for
external inodes for xattrs. It makes no sense to support that
combination, but the problem is that there are a number of extended
attribute checks that are skipped if e_value_inum is non-zero.
Unfortunately, the inline data code is completely e_value_inum
unaware, and attempts to interpret the xattr fields as if it were an
inline xattr --- at which point, Hilarty Ensues.
This addresses CVE-2018-11412.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199803
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fixes: e50e5129f3 ("ext4: xattr-in-inode support")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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