From: Mike Marshall <hubcap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit ec51f8ee1e63498e9f521ec0e5a6d04622bb2c67 upstream. A recent optimization had left private uninitialized. Fixes: 2bc4ca9bb600 ("aio: don't zero entire aio_kiocb aio_get_req()") Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Marshall <hubcap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/aio.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/fs/aio.c +++ b/fs/aio.c @@ -1430,6 +1430,7 @@ static int aio_prep_rw(struct kiocb *req if (unlikely(!req->ki_filp)) return -EBADF; req->ki_complete = aio_complete_rw; + req->private = NULL; req->ki_pos = iocb->aio_offset; req->ki_flags = iocb_flags(req->ki_filp); if (iocb->aio_flags & IOCB_FLAG_RESFD)