Armaan Sandhu 559c4bfdc0 journal-file: refuse hash chains and field lists that loop back
Data and field objects are only ever appended, and a new object is
always linked after the current tail of its hash chain, so a valid
next_hash_offset is either 0 or larger than the offset of the object
itself. A new data object is also prepended to the list of data objects
of its field, so a valid next_field_offset is always smaller than the
offset of the object itself. Nothing checks either of these when an
object is read, so if a chain loops back on itself, everything that
walks it loops forever:

- "journalctl --verify" spins in data_object_in_hash_table() instead of
  reporting the file as corrupted,
- journal_file_punch_holes() never returns when the file is archived,
  so it is never offlined,
- sd_journal_enumerate_fields() returns the same field over and over,
  so "journalctl --fields" never finishes,
- sd_journal_enumerate_unique() returns the same value over and over,
  so "journalctl -F FIELD" never finishes.

A single flipped bit in next_hash_offset or next_field_offset is enough
for any of these.

Check both in check_object(), like we already do for
next_entry_array_offset, so that all readers are covered.

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