Forwarded: [PATCH] mtd: mtdpart: fix uninitialized erasesize on MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN error path

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Date: Sat Jun 20 2026 - 12:09:46 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] mtd: mtdpart: fix uninitialized erasesize on MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN error path
Author: nivchenko.dev@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

When parsing partition layouts, if a partition requested with
MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN runs out of space, the allocator jumps directly
to 'out_register' to preserve partition numbering.

However, this jump bypasses child->erasesize initialization, leaving
it at zero. When add_mtd_device() is later called on this child, the
registration fails and triggers a WARN_ON() due to the zero ->erasesize.

Fix this by zeroing out child->part.offset and child->part.size, and
initializing child->erasesize to parent->erasesize. This is the exact
same pattern already used just a few lines below in the "out of reach"
error check (child->part.offset >= parent_size) to safely register a
disabled partition.

Reported-by: syzbot+3ae80219c633aca5431c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3ae80219c633aca5431c
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Ivchenko <nivchenko.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 795a94e6b482..7f23f8a1b59c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ static struct mtd_info *allocate_partition(struct mtd_info *parent,
part->name, parent_size - child->part.offset,
child->part.size);
/* register to preserve ordering */
+ child->part.offset = 0;
+ child->part.size = 0;
+ child->erasesize = parent->erasesize;
goto out_register;
}
}
--
2.43.0