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CVE-2022-3202: jfs: prevent NULL deref in diFree · torvalds/linux@a530462
A NULL pointer dereference flaw in diFree in fs/jfs/inode.c in Journaled File System (JFS)in the Linux kernel. This could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel internal information.
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jfs: prevent NULL deref in diFree
Add validation check for JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap to prevent a NULL deref in diFree since diFree uses it without do any validations. When function jfs_mount calls diMount to initialize fileset inode allocation map, it can fail and JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap won’t be initialized. Then it calls diFreeSpecial to close fileset inode allocation map inode and it will flow into jfs_evict_inode. Function jfs_evict_inode just validates JFS_SBI(inode->i_sb)->ipimap, then calls diFree. diFree use JFS_IP(ipimap)->i_imap directly, then it will cause a NULL deref.
Reported-by: TCS Robot <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Haimin Zhang <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp [email protected]
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