linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] Re: [syzbot] [block?] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in lo_rw

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Message-ID: <680b1580.050a0220.2c0118.0c73.GAE@google.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:54:24 -0700
From: syzbot <syzbot+6af973a3b8dfd2faefdc@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [syzbot] Re: [syzbot] [block?] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL
 pointer dereference in lo_rw_aio

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Subject: Re: [syzbot] [block?] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in lo_rw_aio
Author: lizhi.xu@...driver.com

selinux policy not support read_iter

#syz test

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 4f968e3071ed..3572b50dbf0a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1044,6 +1044,10 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,
 
 	if (!file)
 		return -EBADF;
+
+	if (unlikely(!file->f_op->read_iter))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	is_loop = is_loop_device(file);
 
 	/* This is safe, since we have a reference from open(). */