Then, something like below change? --- a/fs/hfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c @@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ static int hfs_read_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data) struct hfs_iget_data *idata = data; struct hfs_sb_info *hsb = HFS_SB(inode->i_sb); hfs_cat_rec *rec; + /* https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#CNID */ + static const u16 bad_cnid_list = (1 << 0) | (1 << 6) | (1 << 7) | (1 << 8) | + (1 << 9) | (1 << 10) | (1 << 11) | (1 << 12) | (1 << 13); HFS_I(inode)->flags = 0; HFS_I(inode)->rsrc_inode = NULL; @@ -358,6 +361,8 @@ static int hfs_read_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data) inode->i_op = &hfs_file_inode_operations; inode->i_fop = &hfs_file_operations; inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &hfs_aops; + if (inode->i_ino < HFS_FIRSTUSER_CNID && ((1U << inode->i_ino) & bad_cnid_list)) + make_bad_inode(inode); break; case HFS_CDR_DIR: inode->i_ino = be32_to_cpu(rec->dir.DirID); @@ -368,6 +373,8 @@ static int hfs_read_inode(struct inode *inode, void *data) inode_set_atime_to_ts(inode, inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, hfs_m_to_utime(rec->dir.MdDat)))); inode->i_op = &hfs_dir_inode_operations; inode->i_fop = &hfs_dir_operations; + if (inode->i_ino < HFS_FIRSTUSER_CNID && ((1U << inode->i_ino) & bad_cnid_list)) + make_bad_inode(inode); break; default: make_bad_inode(inode); But I can't be convinced that above change is sufficient, for if I do + static u8 serial; + if (inode->i_ino < HFS_FIRSTUSER_CNID && ((1U << inode->i_ino) & bad_cnid_list)) + inode->i_ino = (serial++) % 16; instead of + if (inode->i_ino < HFS_FIRSTUSER_CNID && ((1U << inode->i_ino) & bad_cnid_list)) + make_bad_inode(inode); , the reproducer still hits BUG() for 0, 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 because hfs_write_inode() handles only 2, 3 and 4. if (inode->i_ino < HFS_FIRSTUSER_CNID) { switch (inode->i_ino) { case HFS_ROOT_CNID: break; case HFS_EXT_CNID: hfs_btree_write(HFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ext_tree); return 0; case HFS_CAT_CNID: hfs_btree_write(HFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->cat_tree); return 0; default: BUG(); return -EIO; } } Unless this is because I'm modifying in-kernel memory than filesystem image, we will have to remove BUG() line. On 2025/07/24 3:43, Viacheslav Dubeyko wrote: > This could be defined in Catalog File (maybe not). I didn't find anything > related to this in HFS specification. https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn/tn1150.html#CNID says "the CNID of zero is never used and serves as a nil value." That is, I think we can reject inode->i_ino == 0 case. But I'm not sure for other values up to 15, expect values noted as "introduced with HFS Plus". We could filter values in bad_cnid_list bitmap, but filtering undefined values might not be sufficient for preserving BUG() line.