[PATCH] fs: minix: Fix handling of corrupted directories

From: Andrey Kriulin
Date: Fri May 02 2025 - 12:55:36 EST


If the directory is corrupted and the number of nlinks is less than 2
(valid nlinks have at least 2), then when the directory is deleted, the
minix_rmdir will try to reduce the nlinks(unsigned int) to a negative
value.

Make nlinks validity check for directory in minix_lookup.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andrey Kriulin <kitotavrik.media@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/minix/namei.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 8938536d8..5717a56fa 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ static struct dentry *minix_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, un
return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);

ino = minix_inode_by_name(dentry);
- if (ino)
+ if (ino) {
inode = minix_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
+ if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_nlink < 2) {
+ iput(inode);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+ }
+ }
return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
}

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2.47.2