linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.18 0714/1095] kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs

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Message-Id: <20220815180458.935428494@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:01:53 +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, Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@...cent.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.18 0714/1095] kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove

From: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@...cent.com>

[ Upstream commit 72b5d5aef246a0387cefa23121dd90901c7a691a ]

When lockdep is enabled, lockdep_assert_held_write would
cause potential NULL pointer dereference.

Fix the following smatch warnings:

fs/kernfs/dir.c:1353 __kernfs_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'kn' (see line 1346)

Fixes: 393c3714081a ("kernfs: switch global kernfs_rwsem lock to per-fs lock")
Signed-off-by: Yushan Zhou <katrinzhou@...cent.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220630082512.3482581-1-zys.zljxml@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 fs/kernfs/dir.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 6eca72cfa1f2..1cc88ba6de90 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -1343,14 +1343,17 @@ static void __kernfs_remove(struct kernfs_node *kn)
 {
 	struct kernfs_node *pos;
 
+	/* Short-circuit if non-root @kn has already finished removal. */
+	if (!kn)
+		return;
+
 	lockdep_assert_held_write(&kernfs_root(kn)->kernfs_rwsem);
 
 	/*
-	 * Short-circuit if non-root @kn has already finished removal.
 	 * This is for kernfs_remove_self() which plays with active ref
 	 * after removal.
 	 */
-	if (!kn || (kn->parent && RB_EMPTY_NODE(&kn->rb)))
+	if (kn->parent && RB_EMPTY_NODE(&kn->rb))
 		return;
 
 	pr_debug("kernfs %s: removing\n", kn->name);
-- 
2.35.1