linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.4 72/84] NFS: Fix a potential NULL dereference in nfs_get

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Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:27:50 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4 72/84] NFS: Fix a potential NULL dereference in nfs_get_client()

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

[ Upstream commit 09226e8303beeec10f2ff844d2e46d1371dc58e0 ]

None of the callers are expecting NULL returns from nfs_get_client() so
this code will lead to an Oops.  It's better to return an error
pointer.  I expect that this is dead code so hopefully no one is
affected.

Fixes: 31434f496abb ("nfs: check hostname in nfs_get_client")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 fs/nfs/client.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index a05f77f9c21e..af838d1ed281 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ struct nfs_client *nfs_get_client(const struct nfs_client_initdata *cl_init)
 
 	if (cl_init->hostname == NULL) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
 	/* see if the client already exists */
-- 
2.30.2