mark_buffer_write_io_error sets sb->s_wb_err to -EIO twice. Once in mapping_set_error and once in errseq_set. Only mapping_set_error checks if bh->b_assoc_map->host is NULL. Discovered during null pointer dereference during writeback to a failing device: [<ffffffff9a416dc8>] ? mark_buffer_write_io_error+0x98/0xc0 [<ffffffff9a416dbe>] ? mark_buffer_write_io_error+0x8e/0xc0 [<ffffffff9ad4bda0>] end_buffer_async_write+0x90/0xd0 [<ffffffff9ad4e3eb>] end_bio_bh_io_sync+0x2b/0x40 [<ffffffff9adbafe6>] blk_update_request+0x1b6/0x480 [<ffffffff9adbb3d8>] blk_mq_end_request+0x18/0x30 [<ffffffff9adbc6aa>] blk_mq_dispatch_rq_list+0x4da/0x8e0 [<ffffffff9adc0a68>] __blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x218/0x6a0 [<ffffffff9adc07fa>] blk_mq_sched_dispatch_requests+0x3a/0x80 [<ffffffff9adbbb98>] blk_mq_run_hw_queue+0x108/0x330 [<ffffffff9adbcf58>] blk_mq_flush_plug_list+0x178/0x5f0 [<ffffffff9adb6741>] __blk_flush_plug+0x41/0x120 [<ffffffff9adb6852>] blk_finish_plug+0x22/0x40 [<ffffffff9ad47cb0>] wb_writeback+0x150/0x280 [<ffffffff9ac5343f>] ? set_worker_desc+0x9f/0xc0 [<ffffffff9ad4676e>] wb_workfn+0x24e/0x4a0 Fixes: 485e9605c0573 ("fs/buffer.c: record blockdev write errors in super_block that it backs") Signed-off-by: Jeremy Bongio <jbongio@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: - Removed brackets - Corrected Fixed SHA - Changed backtrace to a more relevant failure path. --- fs/buffer.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 7be23ff20b27..7ba1807145aa 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -1220,10 +1220,8 @@ void mark_buffer_write_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh) /* FIXME: do we need to set this in both places? */ if (bh->b_folio && bh->b_folio->mapping) mapping_set_error(bh->b_folio->mapping, -EIO); - if (bh->b_assoc_map) { + if (bh->b_assoc_map) mapping_set_error(bh->b_assoc_map, -EIO); - errseq_set(&bh->b_assoc_map->host->i_sb->s_wb_err, -EIO); - } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_write_io_error); -- 2.49.0.967.g6a0df3ecc3-goog