Re: [PATCH v2] hfs: Sanity check the root record

[Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>]

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:14:19 -0800, Leo Stone wrote:
> In the syzbot reproducer, the hfs_cat_rec for the root dir has type
> HFS_CDR_FIL after being read with hfs_bnode_read() in hfs_super_fill().
> This indicates it should be used as an hfs_cat_file, which is 102 bytes.
> Only the first 70 bytes of that struct are initialized, however,
> because the entrylength passed into hfs_bnode_read() is still the length of
> a directory record. This causes uninitialized values to be used later on,
> when the hfs_cat_rec union is treated as the larger hfs_cat_file struct.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] hfs: Sanity check the root record
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/b905bafdea21