[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] fs: jffs2: super: Fix null pointer dereference in jffs2_parse_param()

Anmol Karn anmol.karan123 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 3 16:33:10 EDT 2020


mtd is getting NULL dereferenced in jffs2_parse_param(), while checking condition
for pool size when, case: opt is Opt_rp_size hits.

- fs/jffs2/super.c
The bug seems to get triggered in this line:

if (opt > c->mtd->size)
	return invalf(fc, "jffs2: Too large reserve pool specified, max is %llu KB",
				      c->mtd->size / 1024);


Fix this by adding a NULL check for 'c->mtd' device and return invalf(); which wraps 
errorf() and returns -EINVAL for convenience, which allows userspace to collect them 
directly.

Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+9765367bb86a19d38732 at syzkaller.appspotmail.com 
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9765367bb86a19d38732 
Signed-off-by: Anmol Karn <anmol.karan123 at gmail.com>
---
 fs/jffs2/super.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index 05d7878dfad1..f4ce67ac8486 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ static int jffs2_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
 		if (result.uint_32 > UINT_MAX / 1024)
 			return invalf(fc, "jffs2: rp_size unrepresentable");
 		opt = result.uint_32 * 1024;
+
+		if (!c->mtd)
+			return invalf(fc, "jffs2: mtd device is NULL");
+
 		if (opt > c->mtd->size)
 			return invalf(fc, "jffs2: Too large reserve pool specified, max is %llu KB",
 				      c->mtd->size / 1024);
-- 
2.28.0



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