3.8.13.22 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> commit d23082257d83e4bc89727d5aedee197e907999d2 upstream. pidns_get()->get_pid_ns() can hit ns == NULL. This task_struct can't go away, but task_active_pid_ns(task) is NULL if release_task(task) was already called. Alternatively we could change get_pid_ns(ns) to check ns != NULL, but it seems that other callers are fine. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric W. Biederman ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/pid_namespace.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c index bea15bd..7d40b94 100644 --- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c +++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c @@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ static void *pidns_get(struct task_struct *task) struct pid_namespace *ns; rcu_read_lock(); - ns = get_pid_ns(task_active_pid_ns(task)); + ns = task_active_pid_ns(task); + if (ns) + get_pid_ns(ns); rcu_read_unlock(); return ns; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html