From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Since allowing register_shrinker() callers to call unregister_shrinker() when register_shrinker() failed can simplify error recovery path, this patch makes unregister_shrinker() no-op when register_shrinker() failed. Let's also make sure that double unregister_shrinker doesn't blow up as well and NULL nr_deferred on successful de-registration to make the clean up even simpler and prevent from potential memory corruptions. [akaraliou.dev@xxxxxxxxx: set nr_deferred = NULL to handle double unregister] Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Glauber Costa <glauber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 80dea50f421b..7a5801040fd4 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -281,10 +281,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker); */ void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker) { + if (!shrinker->nr_deferred) + return; down_write(&shrinker_rwsem); list_del(&shrinker->list); up_write(&shrinker_rwsem); kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred); + shrinker->nr_deferred = NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker); -- 2.15.1