linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tomoyo: Avoid potential null pointer access

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Date:   Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:52:13 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
To:     Zheng Zengkai <zhengzengkai@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com,
        weiyongjun1@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tomoyo: Avoid potential null pointer access

On 2020/11/27 16:17, Zheng Zengkai wrote:
> Hello Tetsuo,
>> On 2020/11/26 15:33, Zheng Zengkai wrote:
>>> As your say,  I found the function tomoyo_assign_namespace( )
>>>
>>> in security/tomoyo/domain.c has the similar situation,
>>>
>>> Can I add __GFP_NOWARN for both and remove the null check for _entry_ in tomoyo_assign_namespace( )?
>>>
>> Good catch. Yes, please send as a patch.
>> .
> 
> I have resent a patch, thanks!
> 

Applied to tomoyo-test1.git tree. Thank you.

By the way, since some people automatically backport patches with Fixes: tag,
I think we don't need to add Fixes: tag for patches like this one.