sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, parent) return a null ptr and taking lock on that leads to the null-ptr-deref bug. Reported-by: syzbot+aad58150cbc64ba41bdc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=aad58150cbc64ba41bdc Signed-off-by: Prince Kumar Maurya <princekumarmaurya06@xxxxxxxxx> --- Change since v2: Updated subject and added Reported-by and closes tags. fs/sysv/itree.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/sysv/itree.c b/fs/sysv/itree.c index b22764fe669c..3a6b66e719fd 100644 --- a/fs/sysv/itree.c +++ b/fs/sysv/itree.c @@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ static int alloc_branch(struct inode *inode, */ parent = block_to_cpu(SYSV_SB(inode->i_sb), branch[n-1].key); bh = sb_getblk(inode->i_sb, parent); + if (!bh) + break; lock_buffer(bh); memset(bh->b_data, 0, blocksize); branch[n].bh = bh; -- 2.40.1
