linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hfs: fix oops on mount with corrupted btree extent records

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:13:10 -0400
From:	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roman Zippel andr <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hfs: fix oops on mount with corrupted btree extent records

On 10/13/2009 12:12 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:41:37 EDT, Jeff Mahoney said:
>>  A particular fsfuzzer run caused an hfs file system to crash on mount. This
>>  is due to a corrupted MDB extent record causing a miscalculation of
>>  HFS_I(inode)->first_blocks for the extent tree. If the extent records
>>  are zereod out, it won't trigger the first_blocks special case. Instead
>>  it falls through to the extent code which we're still in the middle
>>  of initializing.
>>
>>  This patch catches the 0 size extent records, reports the corruption,
>>  and fails the mount.
> 
> Just for completeness - does the current fsck.hfs already know how to fix it, or
> at least heave stuff over the side so the filesystem is self-consistent again?
> Or will a user who hits this need a new fsck.hfs to get it back to mountable?

Sorry, I don't actually know. We don't ship a fsck.hfs so I haven't
tested it.

-Jeff

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Jeff Mahoney
SUSE Labs
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