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From: Sainath Manda <sainathmanda777@gmail.com>
To: slava@dubeyko.com, glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, frank.li@vivo.com
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Sainath Manda <sainathmanda777@gmail.com>,
	syzbot+f83fa2cf571bd7650422@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] hfsplus: fix duplicate bnode creation in hfs_bnode_create
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:34:48 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260621090448.13108-1-sainathmanda777@gmail.com> (raw)

Syzbot reported a WARNING in hfsplus_bnode_create. A maliciously crafted
HFS+ image can request the creation of a duplicate bnode (e.g., bnode 0)
that is mathematically within the tree->node_count bounds, but has
already been hashed in memory. This bypasses initial boundary checks and
triggers a WARN_ON(1) upon a duplicate hash collision.

This patch adds a clean state check in hfs_bnode_create. If a requested
node is already hashed, the driver now safely rejects the operation
with -EEXIST instead of tripping the kernel warning.

Reported-by: syzbot+f83fa2cf571bd7650422@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Sainath Manda sainathmanda777@gmail.com
---
 fs/hfsplus/bnode.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c b/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
index f8b5a8ae5..5946baad2 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
@@ -626,12 +626,18 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_create(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 num)
 	struct page **pagep;
 	int i;
 
+	if (num >= tree->node_count) {
+		pr_err("hfsplus: attempted to create invalid bnode %u (max %u)\n",
+		       num, tree->node_count);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&tree->hash_lock);
 	node = hfs_bnode_findhash(tree, num);
 	spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
 	if (node) {
-		pr_crit("new node %u already hashed?\n", num);
-		WARN_ON(1);
+		pr_err("hfsplus: attempted to create already hashed bnode %u\n",
+		       num);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 	}
 	node = __hfs_bnode_create(tree, num);
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-21  9:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-21  9:04 Sainath Manda [this message]
2026-06-23  5:56 ` [PATCH] hfsplus: fix duplicate bnode creation in hfs_bnode_create Viacheslav Dubeyko

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