Re: [PATCH v3] hfs: remove BUG() from hfs_release_folio()/hfs_test_inode()/hfs_write_inode()

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Tue Jul 22 2025 - 07:29:23 EST


On 2025/07/22 2:04, Viacheslav Dubeyko wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-07-18 at 07:08 +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
>> On 2025/07/18 4:49, Viacheslav Dubeyko wrote:
>>> I assume if we created the inode as normal with i_ino == 0, then we can make it
>>> as a dirty. Because, inode will be made as bad inode here [2] only if rec->type
>>> is invalid. But if it is valid, then we can create the normal inode even with
>>> i_ino == 0.
>>
>> You are right. The crafted filesystem image in the reproducer is hitting HFS_CDR_DIR with
>> inode->i_ino = 0 ( https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.16-rc6/source/fs/hfs/inode.c#L363 ).
>
> So, any plans to rework the patch?
>

What do you mean by "rework"?

I can update patch description if you have one, but I don't plan to try something like below.

@@ -393,20 +393,30 @@ struct inode *hfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, struct hfs_cat_key *key, hfs_cat_
switch (rec->type) {
case HFS_CDR_DIR:
cnid = be32_to_cpu(rec->dir.DirID);
break;
case HFS_CDR_FIL:
cnid = be32_to_cpu(rec->file.FlNum);
break;
default:
return NULL;
}
+ if (cnid < HFS_FIRSTUSER_CNID) {
+ switch (cnid) {
+ case HFS_ROOT_CNID:
+ case HFS_EXT_CNID:
+ case HFS_CAT_CNID:
+ break;
+ default:
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ }
inode = iget5_locked(sb, cnid, hfs_test_inode, hfs_read_inode, &data);
if (inode && (inode->i_state & I_NEW))
unlock_new_inode(inode);
return inode;
}