Since commit af153bb63a33 ("vfs: catch invalid modes in may_open()") requires any inode be one of S_IFDIR/S_IFLNK/S_IFREG/S_IFCHR/S_IFBLK/ S_IFIFO/S_IFSOCK type, use S_IFREG for special inodes. Reported-by: syzbot Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=895c23f6917da440ed0d Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa --- fs/hfsplus/super.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c index aaffa9e060a0..7f327b777ece 100644 --- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c +++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c @@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ static int hfsplus_system_read_inode(struct inode *inode) return -EIO; } + /* + * Assign a dummy file type, for may_open() requires that + * an inode has a valid file type. + */ + inode->i_mode = S_IFREG; + return 0; } -- 2.47.3