linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: kernfs: fix possible null pointer dereferences

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Message-ID: <20200506124407.GA3142038@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 May 2020 14:44:07 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     youngjun <her0gyugyu@...il.com>
Cc:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: kernfs: fix possible null pointer dereferences

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 04:20:46AM -0700, youngjun wrote:
> kernfs_path_from_node_locked checks buf is NULL.
> But, two cases below are not covered.
> 
> if(!kn_to)			<--- case1 (buf can be NULL)
> 	return strlcpy(buf, "(null)", buflen);
> 
> if(kn_from == kn_to)		<--- case2 (buf can be NULL)
> 	return strlcpy(buf, "/", buflen);
> 
> if (!buf)			<--- checked here.
> 	return -EINVAL;
> 
> buf NULL case needs to be checked first.
> 
> Signed-off-by: youngjun <her0gyugyu@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/kernfs/dir.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I have 3 patches here from you, with the same subject lines, yet they do
different things.

I'm dropping them all, can you please resend a patch series of the
remaining patches you wish us to review for kernfs?

thanks,

greg k-h