linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] erofs: fix incorrect early exits for invalid metabox-enabled images

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Message-ID: <35fbeb9d-efb2-4f8f-9d71-53038bca289e@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:17:44 +0800
From: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] erofs: fix incorrect early exits for invalid
 metabox-enabled images



On 2026/1/22 17:06, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 12/29/2025 5:29 PM, Gao Xiang wrote:
>> Crafted EROFS images with metadata compression enabled can trigger
>> incorrect early returns, leading to folio reference leaks.
>>
>> However, this does not cause system crashes or other severe issues.
>>
> 
> Will be better to add:
> 
> Cc: stable@...nel.org

Hi Chao,

will add later, I current have some environment issue.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang

> 
>> Fixes: 414091322c63 ("erofs: implement metadata compression")
>> Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
> 
> Thanks,