[PATCH v3] ocfs2: update d_splice_alias() return code checking

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Mon Jun 30 2025 - 06:22:34 EST


When commit d3556babd7fa ("ocfs2: fix d_splice_alias() return code
checking") was merged into v3.18-rc3, d_splice_alias() was returning
one of a valid dentry, NULL or an ERR_PTR.

When commit b5ae6b15bd73 ("merge d_materialise_unique() into
d_splice_alias()") was merged into v3.19-rc1, d_splice_alias() started
returning -ELOOP as one of ERR_PTR values.

Now, when syzkaller mounts a crafted ocfs2 filesystem image that hits
d_splice_alias() == -ELOOP case from ocfs2_lookup(), ocfs2_lookup() fails
to handle -ELOOP case and generic_shutdown_super() hits "VFS: Busy inodes
after unmount" message.

Instead of calling ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock() or ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen()
when d_splice_alias() returned an ERR_PTR value, change ocfs2_lookup() to
bail out immediately.

Also, ocfs2_lookup() needs to call dupt() when ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock()
returned an ERR_PTR value.

Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+1134d3a5b062e9665a7a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1134d3a5b062e9665a7a
Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 99278c8f0e24..721580dfce3a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,

bail_add:
ret = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
+ if (IS_ERR(ret))
+ goto bail_unlock;

if (inode) {
/*
@@ -154,15 +156,16 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
* NOTE: This dentry already has ->d_op set from
* ocfs2_get_parent() and ocfs2_get_dentry()
*/
- if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ret))
+ if (ret)
dentry = ret;

status = ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(dentry, inode,
OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno);
if (status) {
mlog_errno(status);
+ if (ret)
+ dput(ret);
ret = ERR_PTR(status);
- goto bail_unlock;
}
} else
ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen(dentry);
--
2.47.1