Hi- > On Dec 21, 2021, at 1:55 PM, Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Pointer nf can be NULL. It should be validated before dereferencing it. > > Fixes: 8628027ba8 ("nfs: block notification on fs with its own ->lock") > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks. To avoid confusion I've squashed this into 8628027 and refreshed my for-next branch. Btw, b4 complained about collabora.com's DKIM: [cel@bazille linux]$ b4 am https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/YcIjJ4jN3ax1rqaE@debian-BULLSEYE-live-builder-AMD64/raw Grabbing thread from lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/YcIjJ4jN3ax1rqaE%40debian-BULLSEYE-live-builder-AMD64/t.mbox.gz Analyzing 1 messages in the thread Checking attestation on all messages, may take a moment... --- ✗ [PATCH] nfs: check nf pointer for validity before use --- ✗ BADSIG: DKIM/collabora.com --- Total patches: 1 --- Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YcIjJ4jN3ax1rqaE@debian-BULLSEYE-live-builder-AMD64 Base: not specified git am ./20211221_usama_anjum_nfs_check_nf_pointer_for_validity_before_use.mbx [cel@bazille linux]$ The patch is obviously correct, so I applied it despite the attestation failure. > --- > fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 10 +++++----- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c > index a526d4183348..bdd30988e615 100644 > --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c > +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c > @@ -6947,6 +6947,11 @@ nfsd4_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, > goto out; > } > > + if (!nf) { > + status = nfserr_openmode; > + goto out; > + } > + > /* > * Most filesystems with their own ->lock operations will block > * the nfsd thread waiting to acquire the lock. That leads to > @@ -6957,11 +6962,6 @@ nfsd4_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate, > if (nf->nf_file->f_op->lock) > fl_flags &= ~FL_SLEEP; > > - if (!nf) { > - status = nfserr_openmode; > - goto out; > - } > - > nbl = find_or_allocate_block(lock_sop, &fp->fi_fhandle, nn); > if (!nbl) { > dprintk("NFSD: %s: unable to allocate block!\n", __func__); > -- > 2.30.2 > -- Chuck Lever