From: Tristan Madani <tristmd@gmail.com>
To: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>,
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>,
Yangtao Li <frank.li@vivo.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>,
syzbot+bc70a12e438dadba4fb4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] hfsplus: fix null pointer dereference in hfsplus_create_attributes_file
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 11:02:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260501110218.29906-3-tristmd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260501110218.29906-1-tristmd@gmail.com>
From: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
hfsplus_create_attributes_file() calls hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty() with
HFSPLUS_ATTR_TREE_I(sb) before sbi->attr_tree has been set by
hfs_btree_open(). HFSPLUS_ATTR_TREE_I dereferences sbi->attr_tree to
reach ->inode, causing a null pointer dereference when attr_tree is
still NULL.
Move the mark_dirty call to after hfs_btree_open() and guard it with a
NULL check on sbi->attr_tree.
Reported-by: syzbot+bc70a12e438dadba4fb4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=bc70a12e438dadba4fb4
Tested-by: syzbot+bc70a12e438dadba4fb4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: ee8422d00b7c ("hfsplus: fix potential Allocation File corruption after fsync")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tristan Madani <tristan@talencesecurity.com>
---
fs/hfsplus/xattr.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
index 452a1f9becb2d..1ea9f313368c5 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/xattr.c
@@ -317,12 +317,13 @@ static int hfsplus_create_attributes_file(struct super_block *sb)
next_node++;
}
- hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(HFSPLUS_ATTR_TREE_I(sb), HFSPLUS_I_ATTR_DIRTY);
hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(attr_file, HFSPLUS_I_ATTR_DIRTY);
sbi->attr_tree = hfs_btree_open(sb, HFSPLUS_ATTR_CNID);
if (!sbi->attr_tree)
pr_err("failed to load attributes file\n");
+ else
+ hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(HFSPLUS_ATTR_TREE_I(sb), HFSPLUS_I_ATTR_DIRTY);
failed_header_node_init:
kfree(buf);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-01 11:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-01 11:02 [PATCH 1/3] hfs/hfsplus: fix u32 overflow in check_and_correct_requested_length Tristan Madani
2026-05-01 11:02 ` [PATCH 2/3] hfs/hfsplus: initialize data buffer in hfs_bnode_read_u16 and hfs_bnode_read_u8 Tristan Madani
2026-05-04 23:29 ` Viacheslav Dubeyko
2026-05-01 11:02 ` Tristan Madani [this message]
2026-05-04 23:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] hfsplus: fix null pointer dereference in hfsplus_create_attributes_file Viacheslav Dubeyko
2026-05-04 23:27 ` [PATCH 1/3] hfs/hfsplus: fix u32 overflow in check_and_correct_requested_length Viacheslav Dubeyko
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