CVE-2026-63796

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

ocfs2: reject oversized group bitmap descriptors

ocfs2_validate_gd_parent() only bounds bg_bits against the parent
allocator's chain geometry.  A malicious descriptor can still claim a
bg_size/bg_bits pair that exceeds the bitmap bytes that physically fit in
the group descriptor block, so later bitmap scans and bit updates can run
past bg_bitmap.

Add a physical-cap check based on ocfs2_group_bitmap_size() for the parent
allocator type and reject descriptors whose bg_size or bg_bits exceed that
capacity.  Keep the existing chain geometry check so both the on-disk
bitmap layout and the allocator metadata must agree before the descriptor
is used.

Validation reproduced this kernel report:
KASAN use-after-free in _find_next_bit+0x7f/0xc0
Read of size 8
Call trace:
  dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 (?:?)
  print_report+0xd0/0x630 (?:?)
  _find_next_bit+0x7f/0xc0 (?:?)
  srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 (?:?)
  __virt_addr_valid+0x188/0x2f0 (?:?)
  kasan_report+0xe4/0x120 (?:?)
  ocfs2_find_max_contig_free_bits+0x35/0x70 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1375)
  ocfs2_block_group_set_bits+0x472/0x4b0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1457)
  ocfs2_cluster_group_search+0x16b/0x440 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:86)
  ocfs2_bg_discontig_fix_result+0x1ef/0x230 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1786)
  ocfs2_search_chain+0x8f8/0x10a0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1886)
  get_page_from_freelist+0x70e/0x2370 (?:?)
  lock_release+0xc6/0x290 (?:?)
  do_raw_spin_unlock+0x9a/0x100 (?:?)
  kasan_unpoison+0x27/0x60 (?:?)
  __bfs+0x147/0x240 (?:?)
  get_page_from_freelist+0x83d/0x2370 (?:?)
  ocfs2_claim_suballoc_bits+0x38c/0xe70 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:96)
  sched_domains_numa_masks_clear+0x70/0xd0 (?:?)
  check_irq_usage+0xe8/0xb70 (?:?)
  __ocfs2_claim_clusters+0x18d/0x4c0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:2497)
  check_path+0x24/0x50 (?:?)
  rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50 (?:?)
  check_prev_add+0xfd/0xd00 (?:?)
  ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree+0x17d/0x810 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
  __folio_batch_add_and_move+0x1f5/0x3d0 (?:?)
  ocfs2_add_inode_data+0xd9/0x120 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
  filemap_add_folio+0x105/0x1f0 (?:?)
  ocfs2_write_begin_nolock+0x29f7/0x2f80 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:3043)
  ocfs2_read_inode_block+0xb5/0x110 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
  down_write+0xf5/0x180 (?:?)
  ocfs2_write_begin+0x180/0x240 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
  __mark_inode_dirty+0x758/0x9a0 (?:?)
  inode_to_bdi+0x41/0x90 (?:?)
  balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_flags+0xf8/0x1d0 (?:?)
  generic_perform_write+0x252/0x440 (?:?)
  mnt_put_write_access_file+0x16/0x70 (?:?)
  file_update_time_flags+0xe4/0x200 (?:?)
  ocfs2_file_write_iter+0x80a/0x1320 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
  lock_acquire+0x184/0x2f0 (?:?)
  ksys_write+0xd2/0x170 (?:?)
  apparmor_file_permission+0xf5/0x310 (?:?)
  read_zero+0x8d/0x140 (?:?)
  lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x100 (?:?)