linux-kernel - Forwarded: Re: [syzbot] [fs?] WARNING in minix

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Message-ID: <687a28f6.a70a0220.693ce.0060.GAE@google.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 03:59:02 -0700
From: syzbot <syzbot+a65e824272c5f741247d@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Forwarded: Re: [syzbot] [fs?] WARNING in minix_rename

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Subject: Re: [syzbot] [fs?] WARNING in minix_rename
Author: richard120310@...il.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 78f4e737a53e

Signed-off-by: I Hsin Cheng <richard120310@...il.com>
---
 fs/minix/namei.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/minix/namei.c b/fs/minix/namei.c
index 8938536d8d3c..4dfbbfd905d8 100644
--- a/fs/minix/namei.c
+++ b/fs/minix/namei.c
@@ -217,8 +217,13 @@ static int minix_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
 		if (err)
 			goto out_dir;
 		inode_set_ctime_current(new_inode);
-		if (dir_de)
+		if (dir_de) {
 			drop_nlink(new_inode);
+			if (new_inode->i_nlink == 0) {
+				err = -ESTALE;
+				goto out_dir;
+			}
+		}
 		inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
 	} else {
 		err = minix_add_link(new_dentry, old_inode);
-- 
2.43.0