linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ext4_fill

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:02:09 +0100
From:   Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu
Cc:     kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ext4_fill_super()

By mistake we fail to return an error from ext4_fill_super() in case
that ext4_alloc_sbi() fails to allocate a new sbi. Instead we just set
the ret variable and allow the function to continue which will later
lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it by returning -ENOMEM in the
case ext4_alloc_sbi() fails.

Fixes: cebe85d570cf ("ext4: switch to the new mount api")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index db9fe4843529..6023ebb5b19d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5543,7 +5543,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 
 	sbi = ext4_alloc_sbi(sb);
 	if (!sbi)
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	fc->s_fs_info = sbi;
 
-- 
2.31.1