From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> If devpts_ptmx_path() returns an error code, then devpts_mntget() dereferences an ERR_PTR(): BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at fffffffffffffff5 IP: devpts_mntget+0x13f/0x280 fs/devpts/inode.c:173 Fix it by returning early in the error paths. Reproducer: #define _GNU_SOURCE #include <fcntl.h> #include <sched.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #define TIOCGPTPEER _IO('T', 0x41) int main() { for (;;) { int fd = open("/dev/ptmx", 0); unshare(CLONE_NEWNS); ioctl(fd, TIOCGPTPEER, 0); } } Fixes: 311fc65c9fb9 ("pty: Repair TIOCGPTPEER") Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.13+ Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/devpts/inode.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c index 7eae33ffa3fcc..e31d6ed3ec327 100644 --- a/fs/devpts/inode.c +++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c @@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ struct vfsmount *devpts_mntget(struct file *filp, struct pts_fs_info *fsi) dput(path.dentry); if (err) { mntput(path.mnt); - path.mnt = ERR_PTR(err); + return ERR_PTR(err); } if (DEVPTS_SB(path.mnt->mnt_sb) != fsi) { mntput(path.mnt); - path.mnt = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); } return path.mnt; } -- 2.16.1