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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:43:57 +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, Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@...wei.com>, Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> Subject: [PATCH 4.4 16/23] nilfs2: fix NULL pointer in nilfs_##name##_attr_release From: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@...wei.com> [ Upstream commit dbc6e7d44a514f231a64d9d5676e001b660b6448 ] In nilfs_##name##_attr_release, kobj->parent should not be referenced because it is a NULL pointer. The release() method of kobject is always called in kobject_put(kobj), in the implementation of kobject_put(), the kobj->parent will be assigned as NULL before call the release() method. So just use kobj to get the subgroups, which is more efficient and can fix a NULL pointer reference problem. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210629022556.3985106-3-sunnanyong@huawei.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1625651306-10829-3-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@...wei.com> Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> --- fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c index 69a8f302170e..d7d6791c408e 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c @@ -73,11 +73,9 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops nilfs_##name##_attr_ops = { \ #define NILFS_DEV_INT_GROUP_TYPE(name, parent_name) \ static void nilfs_##name##_attr_release(struct kobject *kobj) \ { \ - struct nilfs_sysfs_##parent_name##_subgroups *subgroups; \ - struct the_nilfs *nilfs = container_of(kobj->parent, \ - struct the_nilfs, \ - ns_##parent_name##_kobj); \ - subgroups = nilfs->ns_##parent_name##_subgroups; \ + struct nilfs_sysfs_##parent_name##_subgroups *subgroups = container_of(kobj, \ + struct nilfs_sysfs_##parent_name##_subgroups, \ + sg_##name##_kobj); \ complete(&subgroups->sg_##name##_kobj_unregister); \ } \ static struct kobj_type nilfs_##name##_ktype = { \ -- 2.33.0
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