linux-kernel - [PATCH] hfsplus: return EIO when type of hidden directory mismatch in hfsplus_fill

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Message-Id: <20250805165905.3390154-1-frank.li@vivo.com>
Date: Tue,  5 Aug 2025 10:58:59 -0600
From: Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>
To: slava@...eyko.com,
	glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de,
	Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hfsplus: return EIO when type of hidden directory mismatch in hfsplus_fill_super()

If Catalog File contains corrupted record for the case of
hidden directory's type, regard it as I/O error instead of
Invalid argument.

Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>
---
 fs/hfsplus/super.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index 86351bdc8985..55f42b349a5e 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	if (!hfs_brec_read(&fd, &entry, sizeof(entry))) {
 		hfs_find_exit(&fd);
 		if (entry.type != cpu_to_be16(HFSPLUS_FOLDER)) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
+			err = -EIO;
 			goto out_put_root;
 		}
 		inode = hfsplus_iget(sb, be32_to_cpu(entry.folder.id));
-- 
2.48.1