linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] [hfs?] memory leak in hfsplus_init_fs

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Message-ID: <6932f463.a70a0220.38f243.0003.GAE@google.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 07:04:03 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+99f6ed51479b86ac4c41@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: kartikey406@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [hfs?] memory leak in hfsplus_init_fs_context

Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch but the reproducer is still triggering an issue:
memory leak in hfsplus_init_fs_context

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888112296400 (size 512):
  comm "syz.0.17", pid 6722, jiffies 4294946670
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 8418e967):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4953 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5258 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3a6/0x570 mm/slub.c:5766
    kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
    kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline]
    hfsplus_init_fs_context+0x26/0x90 fs/hfsplus/super.c:701
    alloc_fs_context+0x2a0/0x6e0 fs/fs_context.c:315
    do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:3692 [inline]
    path_mount+0x93f/0x1320 fs/namespace.c:4022
    do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline]
    __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline]
    __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4201 [inline]
    __x64_sys_mount+0x1a2/0x1e0 fs/namespace.c:4201
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888109a34400 (size 512):
  comm "syz.0.18", pid 6729, jiffies 4294946674
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 8418e967):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4953 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5258 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3a6/0x570 mm/slub.c:5766
    kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
    kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline]
    hfsplus_init_fs_context+0x26/0x90 fs/hfsplus/super.c:701
    alloc_fs_context+0x2a0/0x6e0 fs/fs_context.c:315
    do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:3692 [inline]
    path_mount+0x93f/0x1320 fs/namespace.c:4022
    do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline]
    __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline]
    __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4201 [inline]
    __x64_sys_mount+0x1a2/0x1e0 fs/namespace.c:4201
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888109a34a00 (size 512):
  comm "syz.0.19", pid 6732, jiffies 4294946677
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 8418e967):
    kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline]
    slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4953 [inline]
    slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5258 [inline]
    __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3a6/0x570 mm/slub.c:5766
    kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]
    kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline]
    hfsplus_init_fs_context+0x26/0x90 fs/hfsplus/super.c:701
    alloc_fs_context+0x2a0/0x6e0 fs/fs_context.c:315
    do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:3692 [inline]
    path_mount+0x93f/0x1320 fs/namespace.c:4022
    do_mount fs/namespace.c:4035 [inline]
    __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4224 [inline]
    __se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:4201 [inline]
    __x64_sys_mount+0x1a2/0x1e0 fs/namespace.c:4201
    do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
    do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

connection error: failed to recv *flatrpc.ExecutorMessageRawT: EOF


Tested on:

commit:         2061f18a Merge tag 'caps-pr-20251204' of git://git.ker..
git tree:       upstream
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=16b1c41a580000
kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=4ec6d85125e91f07
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=99f6ed51479b86ac4c41
compiler:       gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40
patch:          https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=10e25ab4580000