[PATCH 05/11] iov_iter: Fix missing alloc fail check in iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages()

From: David Howells

Date: Fri Jun 19 2026 - 10:14:00 EST


Fix iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages() to check if want_pages_array() fails and,
if so, return -ENOMEM appropriately.

Fixes: e4e535bff2bc ("iov_iter: don't require contiguous pages in iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260608145432.681865-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
cc: netfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
lib/iov_iter.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 1f5685196565..5c62860e3ded 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -1637,6 +1637,8 @@ static ssize_t iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages(struct iov_iter *i,
bi.bi_bvec_done = skip;

maxpages = want_pages_array(pages, maxsize, skip, maxpages);
+ if (!maxpages)
+ return -ENOMEM;

while (bi.bi_size && bi.bi_idx < i->nr_segs) {
struct bio_vec bv = bvec_iter_bvec(i->bvec, bi);