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From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>,
	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, brauner@kernel.org, jack@suse.cz,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2026 20:24:21 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87secph8yi.fsf@mail.parknet.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260101111148.1437-1-zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>

Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com> writes:

> Corrupted FAT images can leave a directory inode with an incorrect
> i_nlink (e.g. 2 even though subdirectories exist). rmdir then
> unconditionally calls drop_nlink(dir) and can drive i_nlink to 0,
> triggering the WARN_ON in drop_nlink().
>
> Add a sanity check in vfat_rmdir() and msdos_rmdir(): only drop the
> parent link count when it is at least 3, otherwise report a filesystem
> error.
>
> Fixes: 9a53c3a783c2 ("[PATCH] r/o bind mounts: unlink: monitor i_nlink")
> Reported-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/aVN06OKsKxZe6-Kv@casper.infradead.org/T/#t
> Tested-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>

Looks good. Thanks.

Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>

> ---
>  fs/fat/namei_msdos.c | 7 ++++++-
>  fs/fat/namei_vfat.c  | 7 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
> index 0b920ee40a7f..262ec1b790b5 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
> @@ -325,7 +325,12 @@ static int msdos_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>  	err = fat_remove_entries(dir, &sinfo);	/* and releases bh */
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out;
> -	drop_nlink(dir);
> +	if (dir->i_nlink >= 3)
> +		drop_nlink(dir);
> +	else {
> +		fat_fs_error(sb, "parent dir link count too low (%u)",
> +			dir->i_nlink);
> +	}
>  
>  	clear_nlink(inode);
>  	fat_truncate_time(inode, NULL, S_CTIME);
> diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
> index 5dbc4cbb8fce..47ff083cfc7e 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
> @@ -803,7 +803,12 @@ static int vfat_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>  	err = fat_remove_entries(dir, &sinfo);	/* and releases bh */
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out;
> -	drop_nlink(dir);
> +	if (dir->i_nlink >= 3)
> +		drop_nlink(dir);
> +	else {
> +		fat_fs_error(sb, "parent dir link count too low (%u)",
> +			dir->i_nlink);
> +	}
>  
>  	clear_nlink(inode);
>  	fat_truncate_time(inode, NULL, S_ATIME|S_MTIME);

-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>

  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-01 11:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-01 11:11 [PATCH] fat: avoid parent link count underflow in rmdir Zhiyu Zhang
2026-01-01 11:24 ` OGAWA Hirofumi [this message]
2026-01-12 16:20   ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2026-01-12 17:45     ` Zhiyu Zhang
2026-01-12 17:52       ` Andrew Morton
2026-01-12 18:16         ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2026-01-12 18:39           ` Andrew Morton
2026-01-13  9:20             ` Christian Brauner
2026-01-13 10:08               ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2026-01-14 16:15                 ` Christian Brauner

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