From 55a4c98abb9694b067c6a031d11501f06b6b523c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ali Ahmet Memis Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 10:12:57 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ufs: create the root dentry after loading cylinder metadata ufs_fill_super() installed sb->s_root before it loaded the cylinder group structures for a writable mount: sb->s_root = d_make_root(inode); ... if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) if (!ufs_read_cylinder_structures(sb)) goto failed; When ufs_read_cylinder_structures() failed, the error path freed the in-core superblock information and set sb->s_fs_info to NULL while sb->s_root stayed installed. get_tree_bdev() then reached deactivate_locked_super(), and because s_root was present, generic_shutdown_super() called sync_filesystem() and the put_super operation. Both dereference UFS_SB(sb), which is now NULL, so a mount that fails only while reading the cylinder groups oopses during teardown. A crafted image whose first cylinder group cannot be read reaches this path. Load the cylinder group metadata first and create the root dentry last, so the superblock is published to the VFS only once it is fully set up. ufs_setup_cstotal() and ufs_read_cylinder_structures() take only the super_block and do not use the root inode, so the reordering is safe. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ali Ahmet Memis Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260801071306.59484-2-ali@iusegentoo.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) --- fs/ufs/super.c | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ufs/super.c b/fs/ufs/super.c index 6dcf6d048cce..3569ac92b065 100644 --- a/fs/ufs/super.c +++ b/fs/ufs/super.c @@ -1199,6 +1199,15 @@ static int ufs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc) sb->s_maxbytes = ufs_max_bytes(sb); sb->s_max_links = UFS_LINK_MAX; + ufs_setup_cstotal(sb); + /* + * Read cylinder group structures + */ + if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) + if (!ufs_read_cylinder_structures(sb)) + goto failed; + + /* create the root dentry last, once UFS_SB(sb) is fully set up */ inode = ufs_iget(sb, UFS_ROOTINO); if (IS_ERR(inode)) { ret = PTR_ERR(inode); @@ -1210,14 +1219,6 @@ static int ufs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc) goto failed; } - ufs_setup_cstotal(sb); - /* - * Read cylinder group structures - */ - if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) - if (!ufs_read_cylinder_structures(sb)) - goto failed; - UFSD("EXIT\n"); return 0;