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Commit 2bc7e7c1 authored by Theodore Ts'o's avatar Theodore Ts'o
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ext4: disallow ea_inodes with extended attributes



An ea_inode stores the value of an extended attribute; it can not have
extended attributes itself, or this will cause recursive nightmares.
Add a check in ext4_iget() to make sure this is the case.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: default avatar <syzbot+e44749b6ba4d0434cd47@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-4-tytso@mit.edu


Signed-off-by: default avatarTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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