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* [PATCH] lib/idr: fix infinite loop in idr_get_next()
@ 2026-03-12 17:01 Josh Law
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From: Josh Law @ 2026-03-12 17:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Matthew Wilcox, Andrew Morton
  Cc: linux-fsdevel, linux-mm, linux-kernel, Josh Law, Josh Law

From: Josh Law <hlcj1234567@gmail.com>

From: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>

In idr_get_next(), if the returned id from idr_get_next_ul() is greater
than INT_MAX, the function issues a warning and returns NULL without
updating the *nextid pointer. This causes a soft lockup for any caller
iterating over an IDR (e.g. via idr_for_each_entry) because they will
receive NULL, fail to advance their index, and repeatedly query the same
state forever.

Fix this by setting *nextid to INT_MAX when the bounds check fails,
ensuring the caller's iteration will terminate.

Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
---
 lib/idr.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index f25bd2b9e9a4..07098eb4ddc3 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -268,8 +268,10 @@ void *idr_get_next(struct idr *idr, int *nextid)
 	unsigned long id = *nextid;
 	void *entry = idr_get_next_ul(idr, &id);
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(id > INT_MAX))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(id > INT_MAX)) {
+		*nextid = INT_MAX;
 		return NULL;
+	}
 	*nextid = id;
 	return entry;
 }
-- 
2.34.1



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