[PATCH] hfsplus: fix ignored error return in hfsplus_delete_cat
From: Deepanshu Kartikey
Date: Mon Apr 13 2026 - 21:53:50 EST
hfsplus_delete_cat() calls hfsplus_delete_all_attrs() to remove all
extended attributes associated with a catalog entry, but silently
discards its return value.
When the xattr deletion fails on a corrupt filesystem image (as
triggered by syzbot), hfsplus_delete_cat() incorrectly returns 0
(success) to its callers, allowing execution to continue with the
filesystem in an inconsistent state and eventually triggering a
general protection fault in hfsplus_cat_write_inode().
Fix this by capturing the return value of hfsplus_delete_all_attrs()
and propagating genuine errors back to the caller. -ENOENT is
excluded since it signals normal loop termination (no more xattrs
left to delete) and is not an error condition.
Fixes: 324ef39a8a4f ("hfsplus: add support of manipulation by attributes file")
Reported-by: syzbot+c0ba772a362e70937dfb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c0ba772a362e70937dfb
Tested-by: syzbot+c0ba772a362e70937dfb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/hfsplus/catalog.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
index 02c1eee4a4b8..adbaeabc06ab 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
@@ -421,8 +421,15 @@ int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *str)
hfsplus_mark_inode_dirty(dir, HFSPLUS_I_CAT_DIRTY);
if (type == HFSPLUS_FILE || type == HFSPLUS_FOLDER) {
- if (HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->attr_tree)
- hfsplus_delete_all_attrs(dir, cnid);
+ if (HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->attr_tree) {
+ int attr_err = hfsplus_delete_all_attrs(dir, cnid);
+
+ if (attr_err && attr_err != -ENOENT) {
+ pr_err("hfsplus: failed to delete xattrs for cnid %u: %d\n",
+ cnid, attr_err);
+ err = attr_err;
+ }
+ }
}
out:
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2.43.0