[PATCH 5.15.y] f2fs: fix null-ptr-deref in f2fs_submit_page_bio()

From: Bin Lan

Date: Fri Mar 06 2026 - 22:00:17 EST


From: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit b7d0a97b28083084ebdd8e5c6bccd12e6ec18faa ]

There's issue as follows when concurrently installing the f2fs.ko
module and mounting the f2fs file system:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000020-0x0000000000000027]
RIP: 0010:__bio_alloc+0x2fb/0x6c0 [f2fs]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
f2fs_submit_page_bio+0x126/0x8b0 [f2fs]
__get_meta_page+0x1d4/0x920 [f2fs]
get_checkpoint_version.constprop.0+0x2b/0x3c0 [f2fs]
validate_checkpoint+0xac/0x290 [f2fs]
f2fs_get_valid_checkpoint+0x207/0x950 [f2fs]
f2fs_fill_super+0x1007/0x39b0 [f2fs]
mount_bdev+0x183/0x250
legacy_get_tree+0xf4/0x1e0
vfs_get_tree+0x88/0x340
do_new_mount+0x283/0x5e0
path_mount+0x2b2/0x15b0
__x64_sys_mount+0x1fe/0x270
do_syscall_64+0x5f/0x170
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Above issue happens as the biset of the f2fs file system is not
initialized before register "f2fs_fs_type".
To address above issue just register "f2fs_fs_type" at the last in
init_f2fs_fs(). Ensure that all f2fs file system resources are
initialized.

Fixes: f543805fcd60 ("f2fs: introduce private bioset")
Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Minor context conflict resolved. ]
Signed-off-by: Bin Lan <lanbincn@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/super.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 6f6368400ee4..08fe8fa95924 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -4634,9 +4634,6 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)
err = register_shrinker(&f2fs_shrinker_info);
if (err)
goto free_sysfs;
- err = register_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
- if (err)
- goto free_shrinker;
f2fs_create_root_stats();
err = f2fs_init_post_read_processing();
if (err)
@@ -4660,6 +4657,7 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)
if (err)
goto free_compress_cache;
err = f2fs_init_xattr_cache();
+ err = register_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
if (err)
goto free_casefold_cache;
return 0;
@@ -4679,8 +4677,6 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)
f2fs_destroy_post_read_processing();
free_root_stats:
f2fs_destroy_root_stats();
- unregister_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
-free_shrinker:
unregister_shrinker(&f2fs_shrinker_info);
free_sysfs:
f2fs_exit_sysfs();
@@ -4704,6 +4700,7 @@ static int __init init_f2fs_fs(void)

static void __exit exit_f2fs_fs(void)
{
+ unregister_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
f2fs_destroy_xattr_cache();
f2fs_destroy_casefold_cache();
f2fs_destroy_compress_cache();
@@ -4713,7 +4710,6 @@ static void __exit exit_f2fs_fs(void)
f2fs_destroy_iostat_processing();
f2fs_destroy_post_read_processing();
f2fs_destroy_root_stats();
- unregister_filesystem(&f2fs_fs_type);
unregister_shrinker(&f2fs_shrinker_info);
f2fs_exit_sysfs();
f2fs_destroy_garbage_collection_cache();
--
2.43.0