[PATCH] pNFS: fix uninitialized pointer access

From: Antonio Quartulli
Date: Wed Jul 16 2025 - 10:39:50 EST


In ext_tree_encode_commit() if no block extent is encoded due to lack
of buffer space, ret is set to -ENOSPC and we end up accessing be_prev
despite it being uninitialized.

Fix this behaviour by bailing out right away when no extent is encoded.

Fixes: d84c4754f874 ("pNFS: Fix extent encoding in block/scsi layout")
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1647611 ("Memory - illegal accesses (UNINIT)")
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
index 315949a7e92d..82e19205f425 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/extent_tree.c
@@ -598,6 +598,11 @@ ext_tree_encode_commit(struct pnfs_block_layout *bl, __be32 *p,
if (ext_tree_layoutupdate_size(bl, *count) > buffer_size) {
(*count)--;
ret = -ENOSPC;
+ /* bail out right away if no extent was encoded */
+ if (!*count) {
+ spin_unlock(&bl->bl_ext_lock);
+ return ret;
+ }
break;
}

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2.49.1