If ext4_get_inode_loc() fails (e.g. if it returns -EFSCORRUPTED), iloc.bh will remain set to NULL. Since ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() lacks error checking, this will lead to a null pointer dereference in ext4_raw_inode(), called right after ext4_get_inode_loc(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: c8e008b60492 ("ext4: ignore xattrs past end") Signed-off-by: Karina Yankevich Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov --- fs/ext4/xattr.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c index ce7253b3f549..2e02efbddaac 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -1174,7 +1174,11 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all(handle_t *handle, struct inode *parent, if (block_csum) end = (void *)bh->b_data + bh->b_size; else { - ext4_get_inode_loc(parent, &iloc); + err = ext4_get_inode_loc(parent, &iloc); + if (err) { + EXT4_ERROR_INODE(parent, "parent inode loc (error %d)", err); + return; + } end = (void *)ext4_raw_inode(&iloc) + EXT4_SB(parent->i_sb)->s_inode_size; } -- 2.34.1