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Message-ID: <20241025180315.GI31418@twin.jikos.cz>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:03:15 +0200
From: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@....com>
Cc: Lizhi Xu <lizhi.xu@...driver.com>,
syzbot+3030e17bd57a73d39bd7@...kaller.appspotmail.com, clm@...com,
dsterba@...e.com, josef@...icpanda.com, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs: add a sanity check for btrfs root
On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 08:23:07PM +1030, Qu Wenruo wrote:
>
>
> 在 2024/10/25 15:25, Lizhi Xu 写道:
> > Syzbot report a null-ptr-deref in btrfs_search_slot.
> > It use the input logical can't find the extent root in extent_from_logical,
> > and triger the null-ptr-deref in btrfs_search_slot.
> > Add sanity check for btrfs root before using it in btrfs_search_slot.
>
> Although I'd prefer to explain a little more about why the NULL root
> pointer can happen (caused by the rescue=all mount option), which can
> cause NULL root pointer for non-critical tree roots, like
> uuid/csum/extent or even device trees.
>
> You don't need to bother sending an update.
> I can add such info when pushing to the maintainer's tree.
>
> >
> > Reported-by: syzbot+3030e17bd57a73d39bd7@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> > Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3030e17bd57a73d39bd7
> > Signed-off-by: Lizhi Xu <lizhi.xu@...driver.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@...e.com>
> > @@ -2023,6 +2023,10 @@ int btrfs_search_slot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
> > int min_write_lock_level;
> > int prev_cmp;
> >
> > + if (!root)
> > + return -EINVAL;
The function returns errors indirectly so it's not clear which could be
ultimately returned. I did a quick search over the calls starting in
btrfs_search_slot() and it seems that EINVAL is not used so we'd know if
it ends up in some error report. The ones I found: EAGAIN, EIO, EUCLEAN,
ENOMEM.
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