From: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
To: tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
qiang.zhang@linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in ext4_group_desc_free()
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:20:25 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260316082025.9574-1-qiang.zhang@linux.dev> (raw)
This can happen if the kvmalloc_objs() fails and sbi->s_group_desc pointer
is NULL in the ext4_group_desc_init(), and then the ext4_group_desc_free()
is called, leading to a NULL group_desc pointer dereference.
This commit therefore adds a NULL check for sbi->s_group_desc before
accessing its internal members.
Signed-off-by: Zqiang <qiang.zhang@linux.dev>
---
fs/ext4/super.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 43f680c750ae..c4307dc04687 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1256,9 +1256,11 @@ static void ext4_group_desc_free(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
rcu_read_lock();
group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
- for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_gdb_count; i++)
- brelse(group_desc[i]);
- kvfree(group_desc);
+ if (group_desc) {
+ for (i = 0; i < sbi->s_gdb_count; i++)
+ brelse(group_desc[i]);
+ kvfree(group_desc);
+ }
rcu_read_unlock();
}
--
2.17.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-16 8:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-16 8:20 Zqiang [this message]
2026-03-16 15:49 ` [PATCH] ext4: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in ext4_group_desc_free() Baokun Li
2026-03-16 23:33 ` Zqiang
2026-03-17 6:32 ` Baokun Li
2026-03-17 13:23 ` Zqiang
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