From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-20.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5BA8C433FE for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:47:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9348A61267 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:47:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1344288AbhIXMsv (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:48:51 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:43812 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1344030AbhIXMrx (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:47:53 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CD6F161242; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:46:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1632487580; bh=Tc0qgXQDV1joMKbWIUK2H191+x1ht29LejlaixOcPSQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=sBiiyxD2UiJjblnSph2raWaCKdQloXS88/jJnLqIv1XgHvuiE4R8V1pJbdR9N7py5 +OPVcBrZIoC9cGtCtYO+fkAiM+0vHsnz6iOZsQ0KTTe1DK1gL2CFvPjR0DRwR9Nd2T s24/Jk3HYJY4NXSUnaP7R5aCo2LMqgHJcsUXBcxI= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Nanyong Sun , Ryusuke Konishi , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 4.9 19/26] nilfs2: fix NULL pointer in nilfs_##name##_attr_release Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:44:07 +0200 Message-Id: <20210924124328.982667479@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.33.0 In-Reply-To: <20210924124328.336953942@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20210924124328.336953942@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Nanyong Sun [ 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 Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- 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 a35978bf8395..027a50bc0765 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