CVE-2025-37741 jfs: Prevent copying of nlink with value 0 from disk inode
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

jfs: Prevent copying of nlink with value 0 from disk inode

syzbot report a deadlock in diFree. [1]

When calling "ioctl$LOOP_SET_STATUS64", the offset value passed in is 4,
which does not match the mounted loop device, causing the mapping of the
mounted loop device to be invalidated.

When creating the directory and creating the inode of iag in diReadSpecial(),
read the page of fixed disk inode (AIT) in raw mode in read_metapage(), the
metapage data it returns is corrupted, which causes the nlink value of 0 to be
assigned to the iag inode when executing copy_from_dinode(), which ultimately
causes a deadlock when entering diFree().

To avoid this, first check the nlink value of dinode before setting iag inode.

[1]
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
6.12.0-rc7-syzkaller-00212-g4a5df3796467 #0 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
syz-executor301/5309 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888044548920 (&(imap->im_aglock[index])){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: diFree+0x37c/0x2fb0 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:889

but task is already holding lock:
ffff888044548920 (&(imap->im_aglock[index])){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: diAlloc+0x1b6/0x1630

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(&(imap->im_aglock[index]));
  lock(&(imap->im_aglock[index]));

 *** DEADLOCK ***

 May be due to missing lock nesting notation

5 locks held by syz-executor301/5309:
 #0: ffff8880422a4420 (sb_writers#9){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: mnt_want_write+0x3f/0x90 fs/namespace.c:515
 #1: ffff88804755b390 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#6/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: inode_lock_nested include/linux/fs.h:850 [inline]
 #1: ffff88804755b390 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#6/1){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: filename_create+0x260/0x540 fs/namei.c:4026
 #2: ffff888044548920 (&(imap->im_aglock[index])){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: diAlloc+0x1b6/0x1630
 #3: ffff888044548890 (&imap->im_freelock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: diNewIAG fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:2460 [inline]
 #3: ffff888044548890 (&imap->im_freelock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: diAllocExt fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1905 [inline]
 #3: ffff888044548890 (&imap->im_freelock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: diAllocAG+0x4b7/0x1e50 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1669
 #4: ffff88804755a618 (&jfs_ip->rdwrlock/1){++++}-{3:3}, at: diNewIAG fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:2477 [inline]
 #4: ffff88804755a618 (&jfs_ip->rdwrlock/1){++++}-{3:3}, at: diAllocExt fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1905 [inline]
 #4: ffff88804755a618 (&jfs_ip->rdwrlock/1){++++}-{3:3}, at: diAllocAG+0x869/0x1e50 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1669

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5309 Comm: syz-executor301 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7-syzkaller-00212-g4a5df3796467 #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:120
 print_deadlock_bug+0x483/0x620 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3037
 check_deadlock kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3089 [inline]
 validate_chain+0x15e2/0x5920 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3891
 __lock_acquire+0x1384/0x2050 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5202
 lock_acquire+0x1ed/0x550 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5825
 __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:608 [inline]
 __mutex_lock+0x136/0xd70 kernel/locking/mutex.c:752
 diFree+0x37c/0x2fb0 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:889
 jfs_evict_inode+0x32d/0x440 fs/jfs/inode.c:156
 evict+0x4e8/0x9b0 fs/inode.c:725
 diFreeSpecial fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:552 [inline]
 duplicateIXtree+0x3c6/0x550 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:3022
 diNewIAG fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:2597 [inline]
 diAllocExt fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1905 [inline]
 diAllocAG+0x17dc/0x1e50 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1669
 diAlloc+0x1d2/0x1630 fs/jfs/jfs_imap.c:1590
 ialloc+0x8f/0x900 fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c:56
 jfs_mkdir+0x1c5/0xba0 fs/jfs/namei.c:225
 vfs_mkdir+0x2f9/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:4257
 do_mkdirat+0x264/0x3a0 fs/namei.c:4280
 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4295 [inline]
 __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4293 [inline]
 __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x87/0xa0 fs/namei.c:4293
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/en
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Affected products: vendor: Linux
product: Linux
default_status: unaffected
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
default_status: affected
Published: 2025-05-01T12:55:49.947Z