From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 36991ca68db9dd43bac7f3519f080ee3939263ef ]
If debugfs were to return a non-NULL error for a debugfs call, using
that pointer later in debugfs_create_files() would crash.
Fix that by properly checking the pointer before referencing it.
Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+b382ba6a802a3d242790@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-mq-debugfs.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index 10b284a1f18d7..ecdc6f07a37cd 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -812,6 +812,9 @@ static const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr blk_mq_debugfs_ctx_attrs[] = {
static bool debugfs_create_files(struct dentry *parent, void *data,
const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr *attr)
{
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(parent))
+ return false;
+
d_inode(parent)->i_private = data;
for (; attr->name; attr++) {
--
2.19.1
