bh returned by ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait() might be NULL, validate the bh pointer before using it. I've seen this in fsfuzz testing. EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait:385: comm touch: Cannot get buffer for block bitmap - block_group = 0, block_bitmap = 3925999616 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) IP: [<ffffffff8121de25>] ext4_wait_block_bitmap+0x25/0xe0 ... Call Trace: [<ffffffff8121e1e5>] ext4_read_block_bitmap+0x35/0x60 [<ffffffff8125e9c6>] ext4_free_blocks+0x236/0xb80 [<ffffffff811d0d36>] ? __getblk+0x36/0x70 [<ffffffff811d0a5f>] ? __find_get_block+0x8f/0x210 [<ffffffff81191ef3>] ? kmem_cache_free+0x33/0x140 [<ffffffff812678e5>] ext4_xattr_release_block+0x1b5/0x1d0 [<ffffffff812679be>] ext4_xattr_delete_inode+0xbe/0x100 [<ffffffff81222a7c>] ext4_free_inode+0x7c/0x4d0 [<ffffffff812277b8>] ? ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x88/0x230 [<ffffffff8122993c>] ext4_evict_inode+0x32c/0x490 [<ffffffff811b8cd7>] evict+0xa7/0x1c0 [<ffffffff811b8ed3>] iput_final+0xe3/0x170 [<ffffffff811b8f9e>] iput+0x3e/0x50 [<ffffffff812316fd>] ext4_add_nondir+0x4d/0x90 [<ffffffff81231d0b>] ext4_create+0xeb/0x170 [<ffffffff811aae9c>] vfs_create+0xac/0xd0 [<ffffffff811ac845>] lookup_open+0x185/0x1c0 [<ffffffff8129e3b9>] ? selinux_inode_permission+0xa9/0x170 [<ffffffff811acb54>] do_last+0x2d4/0x7a0 [<ffffffff811af743>] path_openat+0xb3/0x480 [<ffffffff8116a8a1>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x251/0x3b0 [<ffffffff811afc49>] do_filp_open+0x49/0xa0 [<ffffffff811bbaad>] ? __alloc_fd+0xdd/0x150 [<ffffffff8119da28>] do_sys_open+0x108/0x1f0 [<ffffffff8119db51>] sys_open+0x21/0x30 [<ffffffff81618959>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Also fix comment for ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait() Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eryu Guan <guaneryu@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/balloc.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c index cf18217..33938c1 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void ext4_validate_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, } /** - * ext4_read_block_bitmap() + * ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait() * @sb: super block * @block_group: given block group * @@ -457,6 +457,8 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group) struct buffer_head *bh; bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, block_group); + if (!bh) + return NULL; if (ext4_wait_block_bitmap(sb, block_group, bh)) { put_bh(bh); return NULL; -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html