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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>,
	netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>,
	syzbot+6a13fc77eb6f0802be2d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/9] netfs: break unbuffered write when netfs_alloc_subrequest() fails
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:20:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825132045.1000787-7-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825132045.1000787-1-dhowells@redhat.com>

From: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>

syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref below [1] following a fault injection in
netfs_alloc_subrequest(). [0]

When netfs_alloc_subrequest() fails, subreq is NULL.
Later, netfs_prepare_write() tries to initialize members of
subreq(e.g., source), the issue in [1] is triggered.

Let's handle the error of netfs_prepare_write() properly.

[0]
FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.
name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 0
Call Trace:
 netfs_alloc_subrequest+0x116/0x3f0
 netfs_prepare_write+0x76/0x7b0
 netfs_unbuffered_write+0x75c/0x2020
 netfs_unbuffered_write_iter_locked+0x7d6/0xa80
 netfs_unbuffered_write_iter+0x442/0x720
 v9fs_file_write_iter+0xbf/0x100
 vfs_write+0x6ac/0x1050

[1]
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000000a8-0x00000000000000af]
RIP: 0010:netfs_prepare_write+0xbc/0x7b0 fs/netfs/write_issue.c:173
Call Trace:
 netfs_unbuffered_write+0x75c/0x2020 fs/netfs/direct_write.c:111
 netfs_unbuffered_write_iter_locked+0x7d6/0xa80 fs/netfs/direct_write.c:290
 netfs_unbuffered_write_iter+0x442/0x720 fs/netfs/direct_write.c:382
 v9fs_file_write_iter+0xbf/0x100 fs/9p/vfs_file.c:409
 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]

[dhowells: Altered to put -ENOMEM into ret, not wreq->error]

Fixes: 288ace2f57c9 ("netfs: New writeback implementation")
Reported-by: syzbot+6a13fc77eb6f0802be2d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6a13fc77eb6f0802be2d
Tested-by: syzbot+6a13fc77eb6f0802be2d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
 fs/netfs/direct_write.c | 4 ++++
 fs/netfs/write_issue.c  | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/direct_write.c b/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
index fbcfadb232ee..7173ce04bac6 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ static int netfs_unbuffered_write(struct netfs_io_request *wreq)
 		if (!subreq) {
 			netfs_prepare_write(wreq, stream, wreq->start + wreq->transferred);
 			subreq = stream->construct;
+			if (!subreq) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				break;
+			}
 			stream->construct = NULL;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/netfs/write_issue.c b/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
index 2d9cfcd43658..851f6f93ad45 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ void netfs_prepare_write(struct netfs_io_request *wreq,
 		rolling_buffer_make_space(&wreq->buffer, wreq->gfp);
 
 	subreq = netfs_alloc_subrequest(wreq);
+	if (!subreq)
+		return;
 	subreq->source		= stream->source;
 	subreq->start		= start;
 	subreq->stream_nr	= stream->stream_nr;


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-25 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-25 13:20 [PATCH v2 0/9] netfs, cachefiles: Miscellaneous fixes David Howells
2026-08-25 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] netfs: Fix uninitialized return value in netfs_unbuffered_write() David Howells
2026-08-25 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO write partial transfer error return David Howells
2026-08-25 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] netfs: Fix error vs transferred passed to ->ki_complete() David Howells
2026-08-25 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] netfs: Fix i_size update for partial transfer David Howells
2026-08-25 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] netfs: Fix subreq ref leak David Howells
2026-08-25 13:20 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-08-25 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] netfs: Fix readahead synchronisation issues by loading all folios upfront David Howells
2026-08-25 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] netfs: Fix read progress reporting David Howells
2026-08-25 13:20 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] cachefiles: Fix potential UAF/KASAN warning David Howells

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