In crypt_scatterlist, if the crypt_stat argument is not set up correctly, the kernel crashes. Instead, by returning an error code upstream, the error is handled safely. The issue is detected via a static analysis tool written by us. Fixes: 237fead619984 (ecryptfs: fs/Makefile and fs/Kconfig) Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx> --- v1: Add missing fixes tag suggested by Markus and Tyler. --- fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c index db1ef144c63a..2c449aed1b92 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c @@ -311,8 +311,10 @@ static int crypt_scatterlist(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat, struct extent_crypt_result ecr; int rc = 0; - BUG_ON(!crypt_stat || !crypt_stat->tfm - || !(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_STRUCT_INITIALIZED)); + if (!crypt_stat || !crypt_stat->tfm + || !(crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_STRUCT_INITIALIZED)) + return -EINVAL; + if (unlikely(ecryptfs_verbosity > 0)) { ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "Key size [%zd]; key:\n", crypt_stat->key_size); -- 2.20.1