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From: hao.ge@linux.dev
To: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	hao.ge@linux.dev, Hao Ge <gehao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v2] eventfs: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in eventfs_find_events
Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 13:33:38 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240513053338.63017-1-hao.ge@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b574c8d6-c000-8673-74de-a7cc092057ad@linux.dev>

From: Hao Ge <gehao@kylinos.cn>

In function eventfs_find_events,there is a potential null pointer
that may be caused by calling update_events_attr which will perform
some operations on the members of the ei struct when ei is NULL.

Hence,When ei->is_freed is set,return NULL directly.

Fixes: 8186fff7ab64 ("tracefs/eventfs: Use root and instance inodes as default ownership")
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <gehao@kylinos.cn>

---
v2:
- adjust title and commit message
- omit curly brackets
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index a878cea70f4c..0256afdd4acf 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -345,10 +345,9 @@ static struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_find_events(struct dentry *dentry)
 		 * If the ei is being freed, the ownership of the children
 		 * doesn't matter.
 		 */
-		if (ei->is_freed) {
-			ei = NULL;
-			break;
-		}
+		if (ei->is_freed)
+			return NULL;
+
 		// Walk upwards until you find the events inode
 	} while (!ei->is_events);
 
-- 
2.25.1


      reply	other threads:[~2024-05-13  5:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-11  2:42 [PATCH] eventfs: Directly return NULL to avoid null point dereferenced hao.ge
2024-05-12 17:12 ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-13  3:25   ` Hao Ge
2024-05-13  5:33     ` hao.ge [this message]

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