CVE-2026-80809

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs

[BUG] lsetxattr() panics the kernel when setting a large xattr value on a fragmented filesystem where the file already has an external xattr block.

[CAUSE] ocfs2_calc_xattr_set_need() never reserves metadata blocks for a new xattr values extent tree when the file already has an external xattr block. The not_found path leaves meta_add at zero, so meta_ac is NULL when ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() runs.

A new value root has room for a single extent record. On a fragmented filesystem, the allocator cannot satisfy the xattr value in one contiguous run, so each non-contiguous run requires its own extent record. When the value roots extent list is full and meta_ac is NULL, ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree() returns RESTART_META, and ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() hits BUG_ON(why == RESTART_META).

[FIX] The case where no xattr block exists yet already calls ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(&def_xv.xv.xr_list) to reserve value tree metadata. Add the same reservation to the case where an xattr block already exists, making the two cases consistent.

Replace the BUG_ON with a -ENOSPC return so that if RESTART_META is returned despite the reservation, the error propagates to userspace instead of panicking the kernel.

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04ba24bce61c917b5b3009f0db470cbb72e26a0d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdc7dde00ec63ac714271fa8b2918d630b8da1a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f0cbec45b0f3fd7e1263d01916518dbf31eb3f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6176313622e34fa3e2b66b9d0682d1e1c6b365c5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a009f1e61b11d9e23d3c5aa1dacfb010945da45
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/743ac908282ac97ef6e73ac3a92df2cc8ecb7479
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3ccb57086dd7652d5ecb826486144198a98a8e9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4663405ae29d36011cd712d243456f3f9ab700d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9eb5c9fdd81d82976d4d5be2b2458eb7d7e46ec