Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] hfsplus: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up

From: Viacheslav Dubeyko
Date: Mon Dec 01 2025 - 18:08:03 EST


On Mon, 2025-12-01 at 23:23 +0100, Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa wrote:
> When hfsplus was converted to the new mount api a bug was introduced by
> changing the allocation pattern of sb->s_fs_info. If setup_bdev_super()
> fails after a new superblock has been allocated by sget_fc(), but before
> hfsplus_fill_super() takes ownership of the filesystem-specific s_fs_info
> data it was leaked.
>
> Fix this by freeing sb->s_fs_info in hfsplus_kill_super().
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 432f7c78cb00 ("hfsplus: convert hfsplus to use the new mount api")
> Reported-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <Slava.Dubeyko@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <Slava.Dubeyko@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa <mehdi.benhadjkhelifa@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/hfsplus/super.c | 13 +++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
> index 16bc4abc67e0..8734520f6419 100644
> --- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
> +++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
> @@ -328,8 +328,6 @@ static void hfsplus_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
> hfs_btree_close(sbi->ext_tree);
> kfree(sbi->s_vhdr_buf);
> kfree(sbi->s_backup_vhdr_buf);
> - call_rcu(&sbi->rcu, delayed_free);
> -
> hfs_dbg("finished\n");
> }
>
> @@ -629,7 +627,6 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
> out_unload_nls:
> unload_nls(sbi->nls);
> unload_nls(nls);
> - kfree(sbi);
> return err;
> }
>
> @@ -688,10 +685,18 @@ static int hfsplus_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static void hfsplus_kill_super(struct super_block *sb)
> +{
> + struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi = HFSPLUS_SB(sb);
> +
> + kill_block_super(sb);
> + call_rcu(&sbi->rcu, delayed_free);
> +}
> +
> static struct file_system_type hfsplus_fs_type = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .name = "hfsplus",
> - .kill_sb = kill_block_super,
> + .kill_sb = hfsplus_kill_super,
> .fs_flags = FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
> .init_fs_context = hfsplus_init_fs_context,
> };

Looks good. Thanks a lot for the fix.

Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Slava.