[PATCH] HFS: btree: fix missing error check after hfs_bnode_find()
From: Haotian Zhang
Date: Mon Dec 08 2025 - 21:15:42 EST
In hfs_brec_insert() and hfs_brec_update_parent(), hfs_bnode_find()
may return ERR_PTR() on failure, but the result was used without
checking, risking NULL pointer dereference or invalid pointer usage.
Add IS_ERR() checks after these calls and return PTR_ERR()
on error.
Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/hfs/brec.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/hfs/brec.c b/fs/hfs/brec.c
index e49a141c87e5..afa1840a4847 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/brec.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/brec.c
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ int hfs_brec_insert(struct hfs_find_data *fd, void *entry, int entry_len)
new_node->parent = tree->root;
}
fd->bnode = hfs_bnode_find(tree, new_node->parent);
+ if (IS_ERR(fd->bnode))
+ return PTR_ERR(fd->bnode);
/* create index data entry */
cnid = cpu_to_be32(new_node->this);
@@ -449,6 +451,8 @@ static int hfs_brec_update_parent(struct hfs_find_data *fd)
new_node->parent = tree->root;
}
fd->bnode = hfs_bnode_find(tree, new_node->parent);
+ if (IS_ERR(fd->bnode))
+ return PTR_ERR(fd->bnode);
/* create index key and entry */
hfs_bnode_read_key(new_node, fd->search_key, 14);
cnid = cpu_to_be32(new_node->this);
--
2.25.1