4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: James Morris <james.morris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit a5795fd38ee8194451ba3f281f075301a3696ce2 upstream. From: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Check that the cred security blob has been set before trying to clean it up. There is a case during credential initialization that could result in this. Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.morris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+69ca07954461f189e808@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- security/security.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) --- a/security/security.c +++ b/security/security.c @@ -861,6 +861,13 @@ int security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cre void security_cred_free(struct cred *cred) { + /* + * There is a failure case in prepare_creds() that + * may result in a call here with ->security being NULL. + */ + if (unlikely(cred->security == NULL)) + return; + call_void_hook(cred_free, cred); }