[PATCH] fs/ufs: return early from ufs_free_fragments on invalid input

From: Muhammad Mahdi Amirpour

Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 08:57:14 EST


The check for an out-of-range fragment count in ufs_free_fragments()
only calls ufs_error(), which marks the filesystem read-only but does
not return. Execution then continues with the invalid fragment and
count values.

The sibling function ufs_free_blocks() performs an equivalent check
and bails out via goto failed. Mirror that behaviour here so that a
corrupt image cannot push the code past the check into paths that
assume the invariant holds.

No functional change for valid inputs.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Mahdi Amirpour <ampr.mhd@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ufs/balloc.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ufs/balloc.c b/fs/ufs/balloc.c
index 628edfde3..377ba77fb 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/balloc.c
@@ -73,8 +73,12 @@ void ufs_free_fragments(struct inode *inode, u64 fragment, unsigned count)
UFSD("ENTER, fragment %llu, count %u\n",
(unsigned long long)fragment, count);

- if (ufs_fragnum(fragment) + count > uspi->s_fpb)
- ufs_error (sb, "ufs_free_fragments", "internal error");
+ if (ufs_fragnum(fragment) + count > uspi->s_fpb) {
+ ufs_error(sb, "ufs_free_fragments",
+ "invalid fragment %llu, count %u",
+ (unsigned long long)fragment, count);
+ return;
+ }

mutex_lock(&UFS_SB(sb)->s_lock);

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2.55.0