If f_count reaches 0, calling get_file() should be a failure. Adjust to use atomic_long_inc_not_zero() and return NULL on failure. In the future get_file() can be annotated with __must_check, though that is not currently possible. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- include/linux/fs.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 00fc429b0af0..210bbbfe9b83 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1038,7 +1038,8 @@ struct file_handle { static inline struct file *get_file(struct file *f) { - atomic_long_inc(&f->f_count); + if (unlikely(!atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&f->f_count))) + return NULL; return f; } -- 2.34.1