linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: jfs: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in dbFree()

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Message-Id: <20220411104534.744772-1-r33s3n6@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:45:34 +0800
From:   Zixuan Fu <r33s3n6@...il.com>
To:     shaggy@...nel.org
Cc:     jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        baijiaju1990@...il.com, Zixuan Fu <r33s3n6@...il.com>,
        TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] fs: jfs: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in dbFree()

In our fault-injection testing, the variable "nblocks" in dbFree() can be
zero when kmalloc_array() fails in dtSearch(). In this case, the variable
 "mp" in dbFree() would be NULL and then it is dereferenced in 
"write_metapage(mp)".

The failure log is listed as follows:

[   13.824137] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000020
...
[   13.827416] RIP: 0010:dbFree+0x5f7/0x910 [jfs]
[   13.834341] Call Trace:
[   13.834540]  <TASK>
[   13.834713]  txFreeMap+0x7b4/0xb10 [jfs]
[   13.835038]  txUpdateMap+0x311/0x650 [jfs]
[   13.835375]  jfs_lazycommit+0x5f2/0xc70 [jfs]
[   13.835726]  ? sched_dynamic_update+0x1b0/0x1b0
[   13.836092]  kthread+0x3c2/0x4a0
[   13.836355]  ? txLockFree+0x160/0x160 [jfs]
[   13.836763]  ? kthread_unuse_mm+0x160/0x160
[   13.837106]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[   13.837402]  </TASK>
...

This patch adds a NULL check of "mp" before "write_metapage(mp)" is called.

Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Zixuan Fu <r33s3n6@...il.com>
---
 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
index d8502f4989d9..e75f31b81d63 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ int dbFree(struct inode *ip, s64 blkno, s64 nblocks)
 	}
 
 	/* write the last buffer. */
-	write_metapage(mp);
+	if (mp)
+		write_metapage(mp);
 
 	IREAD_UNLOCK(ipbmap);
 
-- 
2.25.1