Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] hfs: free cached B-tree nodes on hfs_btree_open() error path

From: Viacheslav Dubeyko

Date: Mon Oct 05 2026 - 15:21:17 EST


On Thu, 2026-10-01 at 23:38 +0200, Mahmut Emin Kurhan wrote:
> The classic HFS driver has the same B-tree node leak as hfsplus: on
> the
> hfs_btree_open() error path after hfs_bnode_find(tree,
> HFS_TREE_HEAD), an
> errored head node left in tree->node_hash is not freed because
> free_tree:
> does a bare kfree(tree) instead of walking the hash.
>
> Apply the same fix: factor the node-hash freeing into
> hfs_bnode_hash_free()
> and call it from hfs_btree_close() and the hfs_btree_open() error
> path. The
> helper keeps the hash_lock serialization from commit dce0e0248205
> ("hfs/hfsplus:
> serialize B-tree close against folio release").
>
> Found via coverage-guided fuzzing (syzkaller + kmemleak) by Noroxi.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mahmut Emin Kurhan <guvenlik@xxxxxxxxxx>

Please, see my comments for HFS+ patch. This patch has the same issues.

Thanks,
Slava.

> ---
>  fs/hfs/btree.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/hfs/btree.c b/fs/hfs/btree.c
> index 4f0ddc76e8..140cdb5ec6 100644
> --- a/fs/hfs/btree.c
> +++ b/fs/hfs/btree.c
> @@ -131,6 +131,27 @@ static int hfs_bmap_clear_bit(struct hfs_bnode
> *node, u32 node_bit_idx)
>  }
>  
>  /* Get a reference to a B*Tree and do some initial checks */
> +static void hfs_bnode_hash_free(struct hfs_btree *tree)
> +{
> + struct hfs_bnode *node;
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < NODE_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
> + spin_lock(&tree->hash_lock);
> + while ((node = tree->node_hash[i])) {
> + hfs_bnode_unhash(node);
> + spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
> + if (atomic_read(&node->refcnt))
> + pr_err("node %d:%d still has %d
> user(s)!\n",
> +        node->tree->cnid, node->this,
> +        atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
> + hfs_bnode_free(node);
> + spin_lock(&tree->hash_lock);
> + }
> + spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
> + }
> +}
> +
>  struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct super_block *sb, u32 id,
> btree_keycmp keycmp)
>  {
>   struct hfs_btree *tree;
> @@ -296,6 +317,7 @@ struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct
> super_block *sb, u32 id, btree_keycmp ke
>   tree->inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hfs_aops;
>   iput(tree->inode);
>  free_tree:
> + hfs_bnode_hash_free(tree);
>   kfree(tree);
>   return NULL;
>  }
> @@ -303,26 +325,10 @@ struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct
> super_block *sb, u32 id, btree_keycmp ke
>  /* Release resources used by a btree */
>  void hfs_btree_close(struct hfs_btree *tree)
>  {
> - struct hfs_bnode *node;
> - int i;
> -
>   if (!tree)
>   return;
>  
> - for (i = 0; i < NODE_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
> - spin_lock(&tree->hash_lock);
> - while ((node = tree->node_hash[i])) {
> - hfs_bnode_unhash(node);
> - spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
> - if (atomic_read(&node->refcnt))
> - pr_err("node %d:%d still has %d
> user(s)!\n",
> -        node->tree->cnid, node->this,
> -        atomic_read(&node->refcnt));
> - hfs_bnode_free(node);
> - spin_lock(&tree->hash_lock);
> - }
> - spin_unlock(&tree->hash_lock);
> - }
> + hfs_bnode_hash_free(tree);
>   iput(tree->inode);
>   kfree(tree);
>  }