linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] devpts: fix error handling in devpts

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwU71orp9s6979j4XpOJ4Sdr2NSpe1b2xgKLy0v8q6vEw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:49:16 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...onical.com>,
        Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@....de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devpts: fix error handling in devpts_mntget()

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:49 AM, Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com> wrote:
>
> If devpts_ptmx_path() returns an error code, then devpts_mntget()
> dereferences an ERR_PTR():

Thanks, applied.

            Linus