[PATCH] ovl: Fix PTR_ERR zero argument warning
From: Charles Han
Date: Mon May 19 2025 - 00:11:25 EST
In the ovl_check_origin() and ovl_index_upper()function, the
PTR_ERR function was potentially passed a null pointer.
To fix this issue, separated the null pointer check and the error
pointer check, ensuring that PTR_ERR is only called with a valid
error pointer.
Fix below smatch warning.
smatch warnings:
fs/overlayfs/namei.c:479 ovl_check_origin() warn: passing zero to 'PTR_ERR'
fs/overlayfs/namei.c:581 ovl_index_upper() warn: passing zero to 'ERR_CAST'
Fixes: ad1d615cec1c ("ovl: use directory index entries for consistency verification")
Fixes: e8f9e5b780b0 ("ovl: verify directory index entries on mount")
Signed-off-by: Charles Han <hanchunchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/overlayfs/namei.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 0b8b28392eb7..bc917b56e2b1 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -475,7 +475,9 @@ static int ovl_check_origin(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *upperdentry,
struct ovl_fh *fh = ovl_get_fh(ofs, upperdentry, OVL_XATTR_ORIGIN);
int err;
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fh))
+ if (!fh)
+ return -ENODATA;
+ else if (IS_ERR(fh))
return PTR_ERR(fh);
err = ovl_check_origin_fh(ofs, fh, false, upperdentry, stackp);
@@ -577,7 +579,9 @@ struct dentry *ovl_index_upper(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *index,
return dget(index);
fh = ovl_get_fh(ofs, index, OVL_XATTR_UPPER);
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(fh))
+ if (!fh)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
+ else if (IS_ERR(fh))
return ERR_CAST(fh);
upper = ovl_decode_real_fh(ofs, fh, ovl_upper_mnt(ofs), connected);
--
2.43.0