When mounting a squashfs fails, squashfs_cache_init() may return an error
pointer (e.g., -ENOMEM) instead of NULL. However, squashfs_cache_delete()
only checks for a NULL cache, and attempts to dereference the invalid
pointer. This leads to a kernel crash (BUG: unable to handle kernel paging
request in squashfs_cache_delete).

This patch fixes the issue by checking IS_ERR(cache) before accessing it.

Fixes: 49ff29240ebb ("squashfs: make squashfs_cache_init() return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)")
Reported-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/CALf2hKvaq8B4u5yfrE+BYt7aNguao99mfWxHngA+=o5hwzjdOg@mail.gmail.com/
Tested-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>
---
 fs/squashfs/cache.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/squashfs/cache.c b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
index 4db0d2b0aab8..181260e72680 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/cache.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void squashfs_cache_delete(struct squashfs_cache *cache)
 {
 	int i, j;
 
-	if (cache == NULL)
+	if (IS_ERR(cache) || cache == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cache->entries; i++) {
-- 
2.34.1

On 06/03/2025 13:28, Zhiyu Zhang wrote:
> When mounting a squashfs fails, squashfs_cache_init() may return an error
> pointer (e.g., -ENOMEM) instead of NULL. However, squashfs_cache_delete()
> only checks for a NULL cache, and attempts to dereference the invalid
> pointer. This leads to a kernel crash (BUG: unable to handle kernel paging
> request in squashfs_cache_delete).
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by checking IS_ERR(cache) before accessing it.
> 
> Fixes: 49ff29240ebb ("squashfs: make squashfs_cache_init() return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)")
> Reported-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/CALf2hKvaq8B4u5yfrE+BYt7aNguao99mfWxHngA+=o5hwzjdOg@mail.gmail.com/
> Tested-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhiyu Zhang <zhiyuzhang999@gmail.com>
> ---
>   fs/squashfs/cache.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/squashfs/cache.c b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
> index 4db0d2b0aab8..181260e72680 100644
> --- a/fs/squashfs/cache.c
> +++ b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
> @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void squashfs_cache_delete(struct squashfs_cache *cache)
>   {
>   	int i, j;
>   
> -	if (cache == NULL)
> +	if (IS_ERR(cache) || cache == NULL)
>   		return;
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < cache->entries; i++) {

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk>