From f4e91a4e0d040c7950e647663206644beed95857 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yang Yingliang Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 19:10:51 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: return error code when ext4_fill_flex_info() fails commit 8f6840c4fd1e7bd715e403074fb161c1a04cda73 upstream. After commit c89128a00838 ("ext4: handle errors on ext4_commit_super"), 'ret' may be set to 0 before calling ext4_fill_flex_info(), if ext4_fill_flex_info() fails ext4_mount() doesn't return error code, it makes 'root' is null which causes crash in legacy_get_tree(). Fixes: c89128a00838 ("ext4: handle errors on ext4_commit_super") Reported-by: Hulk Robot Cc: # v4.18+ Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210510111051.55650-1-yangyingliang@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/ext4/super.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 33823bd..4956917 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -5046,6 +5046,7 @@ no_journal: ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "unable to initialize " "flex_bg meta info!"); + ret = -ENOMEM; goto failed_mount6; } -- 2.7.4