1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 269763b66361..7cce96a6935e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2179,7 +2179,21 @@ static void ext4_free_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
         if (this_bh) {
                 BUFFER_TRACE(this_bh, "call ext4_journal_dirty_metadata");
-                ext4_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, this_bh);
+
+                /*
+                 * The buffer head should have an attached journal head at this
+                 * point. However, if the data is corrupted and an indirect
+                 * block pointed to itself, it would have been detached when
+                 * the block was cleared. Check for this instead of OOPSing.
+                 */
+                if (bh2jh(this_bh))
+                        ext4_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, this_bh);
+                else
+                        ext4_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+                                   "circular indirect block detected, "
+                                   "inode=%lu, block=%llu",
+                                   inode->i_ino,
+                                   (unsigned long long) this_bh->b_blocknr);
         }
 }