linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: xattr: fix null pointer deref in ext4_raw

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Message-ID: <0a2942aa-4c82-444e-8eca-1991e6d15cf4@web.de>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 18:18:26 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Karina Yankevich <k.yankevich@....ru>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
 lvc-patches@...uxtesting.org, Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>,
 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
 Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...lia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: xattr: fix null pointer deref in ext4_raw_inode()

> If ext4_get_inode_loc() fails (e.g. if it returns -EFSCORRUPTED),
…

Corresponding error detection seems to be missing so far.

Would another imperative wording become helpful for an improved change description?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.18-rc4#n94

Regards,
Markus