Re: [PATCH 5.4] smb3: fix problem with null cifs super block with previous patch

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On Wed, Apr 05 2023, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 04:34:00PM +0200, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 05 2023, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 03:57:09PM +0200, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
>> >> From: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >> [ Upstream commit 87f93d82e0952da18af4d978e7d887b4c5326c0b ]
>> >>
>> >> Add check for null cifs_sb to create_options helper
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Reviewed-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> ---
>> >>
>> >> Only compile-tested. This was discovered by our static code analysis
>> >> tool. I do not use CIFS and do not know how to actually reproduce the
>> >> NULL dereference.
>> >>
>> >> Follow up from [0]. Original patch is at [1].
>> >>
>> >> Mandatory text due to licensing terms:
>> >>
>> >> This bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis
>> >> Security Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc.
>> >
>> > What?  That's funny.  And nothing I'm going to be adding to the
>> > changelog text, sorry, as that's not what is upstream.
>>
>> That is fine by me. I placed this text below the 3 dashed lines so it
>> does _not_ end up in the commit message, but still discloses this
>> information.
>>
>> > Please go poke your lawyers, that's not ok.
>>
>> Yes, perhaps I should. But let's go forward with this patch since it
>> keeps the original commit message?
>
> It's already been queued up, you should have gotten an email saying
> that, right?

Yes, I did, thanks! There was a bit of a race in me sending that email
and receiving the notification.

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav



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