hfsplus: return error when node already exists in hfs_bnode_create

When hfs_bnode_create() finds that a node is already hashed (which should
not happen in normal operation), it currently returns the existing node
without incrementing its reference count. This causes a reference count
inconsistency that leads to a kernel panic when the node is later freed
in hfs_bnode_put():

    kernel BUG at fs/hfsplus/bnode.c:676!
    BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&node->refcnt))

This scenario can occur when hfs_bmap_alloc() attempts to allocate a node
that is already in use (e.g., when node 0's bitmap bit is incorrectly
unset), or due to filesystem corruption.

Returning an existing node from a create path is not normal operation.

Fix this by returning ERR_PTR(-EEXIST) instead of the node when it's
already hashed. This properly signals the error condition to callers,
which already check for IS_ERR() return values.

Reported-by: syzbot+1c8ff72d0cd8a50dfeaa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1c8ff72d0cd8a50dfeaa
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/784415834694f39902088fa8946850fc1779a318.camel@ibm.com/
Fixes: 634725a92938 ("[PATCH] hfs: cleanup HFS+ prints")
Signed-off-by: Shardul Bankar <shardul.b@mpiricsoftware.com>
Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251229204938.1907089-1-shardul.b@mpiricsoftware.com
Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@dubeyko.com>

diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c b/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
index 191661af967789e54b924ca225ce8462cf7c67af..250a226336ea7ac3729d4ac12e828d8ce47738f0 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/bnode.c
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bnode_create(struct hfs_btree *tree, u32 num)
        if (node) {
                pr_crit("new node %u already hashed?\n", num);
                WARN_ON(1);
-               return node;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
        }
        node = __hfs_bnode_create(tree, num);
        if (!node)