The patch titled Subject: memfd: check for non-NULL file_seals in memfd_create() syscall has been added to the -mm mm-hotfixes-unstable branch. Its filename is memfd-check-for-non-null-file_seals-in-memfd_create-syscall.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/memfd-check-for-non-null-file_seals-in-memfd_create-syscall.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-hotfixes-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: memfd: check for non-NULL file_seals in memfd_create() syscall Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 15:24:27 +0200 Ensure that file_seals is non-NULL before using it in the memfd_create() syscall. One situation in which memfd_file_seals_ptr() could return a NULL pointer is when CONFIG_SHMEM=n. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230607132427.2867435-1-roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 47b9012ecdc7 ("shmem: add sealing support to hugetlb-backed memfd") Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marc-Andr Lureau <marcandre.lureau@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memfd.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/mm/memfd.c~memfd-check-for-non-null-file_seals-in-memfd_create-syscall +++ a/mm/memfd.c @@ -371,12 +371,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(memfd_create, inode->i_mode &= ~0111; file_seals = memfd_file_seals_ptr(file); - *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL; - *file_seals |= F_SEAL_EXEC; + if (file_seals) { + *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL; + *file_seals |= F_SEAL_EXEC; + } } else if (flags & MFD_ALLOW_SEALING) { /* MFD_EXEC and MFD_ALLOW_SEALING are set */ file_seals = memfd_file_seals_ptr(file); - *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL; + if (file_seals) + *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL; } fd_install(fd, file); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx are memfd-check-for-non-null-file_seals-in-memfd_create-syscall.patch