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[PATCH] block: reject block device inodes with i_rdev == 0 in lookup_bdev()

From: Yun Zhou <hidden>
Date: 2026-07-03 06:56:03
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: block layer, the rest · Maintainers: Jens Axboe, Linus Torvalds

lookup_bdev() blindly returns inode->i_rdev without validating it.
When a FUSE filesystem exposes a root inode with S_IFBLK mode but
i_rdev == 0 (via rootmode=060000), any subsequent mount attempt using
that path as a block device source propagates dev_t 0 into the
superblock machinery.  After commit 9ee5f161a4db ("fs: maintain a
global device-to-superblock table") this triggers a WARNING in
super_dev_register().

Reject i_rdev == 0 early with -ENODEV since no real block device
driver registers major 0.

Reported-by: syzbot+72fe3ea5814121fbc76e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=72fe3ea5814121fbc76e
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <redacted>
---
 block/bdev.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 28b0d40c362f..797d7f0ef609 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -1278,6 +1278,18 @@ int lookup_bdev(const char *pathname, dev_t *dev)
 	if (!may_open_dev(&path))
 		goto out_path_put;
 
+	/*
+	 * Reject a block device inode with i_rdev == 0.  A dev_t of 0 is
+	 * never valid for a block device: no real block device driver
+	 * registers major 0.  Fake block device inodes (e.g. fuse with
+	 * rootmode=S_IFBLK) can expose i_rdev == 0, and letting that
+	 * propagate would confuse superblock lookup and trigger warnings
+	 * in the device-to-superblock table (super_dev_register).
+	 */
+	error = -ENODEV;
+	if (!inode->i_rdev)
+		goto out_path_put;
+
 	*dev = inode->i_rdev;
 	error = 0;
 out_path_put:
-- 
2.43.0
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