From: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Ajay Rajera <newajay.11r@gmail.com>, linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: xiang@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] erofs-utils: fuse: add missing return on getattr error
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:43:09 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cb307f5e-bb07-4456-8bb9-7d4697171d14@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260321062604.1905-1-newajay.11r@gmail.com>
On 2026/3/21 14:26, Ajay Rajera wrote:
> erofsfuse_getattr() calls fuse_reply_err() when erofs_read_inode_from_disk()
> fails, but does not return afterwards. This causes the function to fall through
> to erofsfuse_fill_stat() with uninitialized inode data and then call
> fuse_reply_attr(), sending a second reply to the same FUSE request.
>
> Sending two replies to a single FUSE request is undefined behavior in libfuse
> and typically triggers an assertion failure or crash. The uninitialized inode
> data may also expose garbage values to userspace.
>
> Fix by adding the missing return after fuse_reply_err().
Each line of the commit message should not exceed 72 chars.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ajay Rajera <newajay.11r@gmail.com>
> ---
> fuse/main.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fuse/main.c b/fuse/main.c
> index 82aca8c..b634782 100644
> --- a/fuse/main.c
> +++ b/fuse/main.c
> @@ -265,8 +265,10 @@ static void erofsfuse_getattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino,
> struct erofs_inode vi = { .sbi = &g_sbi, .nid = erofsfuse_to_nid(ino) };
>
> ret = erofs_read_inode_from_disk(&vi);
> - if (ret < 0)
> + if (ret < 0) {
> fuse_reply_err(req, -ret);
> + return;
> + }
>
> erofsfuse_fill_stat(&vi, &stbuf);
> stbuf.st_ino = ino;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-21 6:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-21 6:26 [PATCH v2 1/2] erofs-utils: fuse: add missing return on getattr error Ajay Rajera
2026-03-21 6:26 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] erofs-utils: lib: fix memory leak in erofs_gzran_builder_init error path Ajay Rajera
2026-03-21 7:21 ` Gao Xiang
2026-03-21 9:34 ` Ajay Rajera
2026-03-21 6:43 ` Gao Xiang [this message]
2026-03-21 7:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] erofs-utils: fuse: add missing return on getattr error Ajay Rajera
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