On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 09:03:10PM GMT, Mohammed Anees wrote:
> syzbot has found an general protection fault in prt_str [1].
> 
> In the prt_str function, a NULL pointer dereference occurs when the
> parameter str is NULL, which is called in bch2_opt_to_text when
> opt->type is BCH_OPT_STR. If an invalid index v or incorrect
> flag is passed to ptr_str, then this could lead to this issue.

this fix looks wrong; if opt->choices[v] is NULL it's almost definitely
because of a missing bounds check - I don't believe there are any string
lists where we have gaps in the options.

Can you add a proper bounds check?

> 
> [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=37186860aa7812b331d5
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: [email protected]
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=37186860aa7812b331d5
> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Anees <[email protected]>
> ---
>  fs/bcachefs/opts.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/opts.c b/fs/bcachefs/opts.c
> index e10fc1da7..72b87251c 100644
> --- a/fs/bcachefs/opts.c
> +++ b/fs/bcachefs/opts.c
> @@ -420,8 +420,12 @@ void bch2_opt_to_text(struct printbuf *out,
>       case BCH_OPT_STR:
>               if (flags & OPT_SHOW_FULL_LIST)
>                       prt_string_option(out, opt->choices, v);
> -             else
> -                     prt_str(out, opt->choices[v]);
> +             else {
> +                     if (opt->choices[v] == NULL)
> +                             pr_err("Invalid flags or index v passed to the 
> function\n");

Also, don't use pr_err(); just do prt_printf(out, "(invalid option %u)", v);

> +                     else
> +                             prt_str(out, opt->choices[v]);
> +             }
>               break;
>       case BCH_OPT_FN:
>               opt->fn.to_text(out, c, sb, v);
> -- 
> 2.46.0
> 

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