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From: syzbot <syzbot+4b4093b1f24ad789bf37@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix uninitialized btree node cache in nilfs_attach_btree_node_cache
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:36:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <69b9048b.a00a0220.3b25d1.002c.GAE@google.com> (raw)
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Subject: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix uninitialized btree node cache in nilfs_attach_btree_node_cache
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master


When nilfs_attach_btree_node_cache() finds a cached btnc_inode that is
not I_NEW, it skips nilfs_init_btnc_inode() leaving the btree node
cache in a stale or uninitialized state from a previous failed mount.
This causes i_assoc_inode to point to a broken inode, leading to a
null-ptr-deref in nilfs_mdt_save_to_shadow_map() when
NILFS_IOCTL_CLEAN_SEGMENTS is invoked.

Fix this by calling nilfs_init_btnc_inode() for cached btnc inodes as
well to ensure proper initialization regardless of inode cache state.

Reported-by: syzbot+4b4093b1f24ad789bf37@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4b4093b1f24ad789bf37
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <Kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
 fs/nilfs2/inode.c | 7 +++++++
 fs/nilfs2/mdt.c   | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 51bde45d5865..8312abbe343d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ int nilfs_attach_btree_node_cache(struct inode *inode)
 				  nilfs_iget_set, &args);
 	if (unlikely(!btnc_inode))
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	pr_err("NILFS DEBUG btnc: btnc=%px I_NEW=%d\n",
+	btnc_inode,
+	!!(inode_state_read_once(btnc_inode) & I_NEW));
 	if (inode_state_read_once(btnc_inode) & I_NEW) {
 		nilfs_init_btnc_inode(btnc_inode);
 		unlock_new_inode(btnc_inode);
@@ -686,6 +689,10 @@ struct inode *nilfs_iget_for_shadow(struct inode *inode)
 			       nilfs_iget_set, &args);
 	if (unlikely(!s_inode))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	pr_err("NILFS DEBUG: s_inode=%px I_NEW=%d i_assoc=%px\n",
+	        s_inode,
+		!!(inode_state_read_once(s_inode) & I_NEW),
+		NILFS_I(s_inode)->i_assoc_inode);
 	if (!(inode_state_read_once(s_inode) & I_NEW))
 		return inode;
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index 946b0d3534a5..968a5be834cc 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -551,6 +551,14 @@ int nilfs_mdt_save_to_shadow_map(struct inode *inode)
 	struct inode *s_inode = shadow->inode;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!ii->i_assoc_inode) {
+		pr_err("NILFS DEBUG: ii->i_assoc_inode is NULL, attaching\n");
+		dump_stack();
+		ret = nilfs_attach_btree_node_cache(inode);
+		if (ret) {
+			pr_err("NILFS: failed to attach btree node cache: %d\n", ret);
+		}
+	}
 	ret = nilfs_copy_dirty_pages(s_inode->i_mapping, inode->i_mapping);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-17  7:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-17  3:14 [syzbot] [nilfs?] general protection fault in nilfs_mdt_save_to_shadow_map syzbot
2026-03-17  3:40 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix NULL i_assoc_inode dereference " syzbot
2026-03-17  4:25 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix wrong inode returned from nilfs_iget_for_shadow on cache hit syzbot
2026-03-17  6:25 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix missing i_assoc_inode initialization in nilfs_iget_for_shadow syzbot
2026-03-17  6:47 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix uninitialized btree node cache in nilfs_attach_btree_node_cache syzbot
2026-03-17  7:36 ` syzbot [this message]
2026-03-17  8:09 ` [syzbot] [nilfs?] general protection fault in nilfs_mdt_save_to_shadow_map Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-17  8:41   ` syzbot
2026-03-17  8:26 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix NULL i_assoc_inode dereference " syzbot
2026-03-17  8:29 ` [PATCH] nilfs2: no longer save to shadow map if the num of members is too small Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-17 15:13   ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-03-17 15:15   ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-03-17 16:51     ` Ryusuke Konishi
2026-03-17 23:00       ` Ryusuke Konishi
2026-03-18  0:08         ` Edward Adam Davis
2026-03-18  0:54           ` Ryusuke Konishi
2026-03-18  1:16             ` Edward Adam Davis

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