FAILED: patch "[PATCH] lockd: fix NULL dereference on lockowner allocation failure" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 4c7fc129db061c7daab841c4f3c342d894832362
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090350-anatomy-sublevel-d97c@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 4c7fc129db061c7daab841c4f3c342d894832362 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:28:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lockd: fix NULL dereference on lockowner allocation failure

nlmclnt_locks_init_private() installs NLM file lock operations even when
nlmclnt_find_lockowner() fails to allocate a lockowner. nlmclnt_proc()
then returns -ENOMEM, but the VFS still tears down the partially
initialized file_lock and calls locks_release_private().

That invokes nlmclnt_locks_release_private(), which dereferences
fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner and crashes because the owner was never installed.

Clear fl_ops before attempting to initialize the NLM private state, and
install the NLM lock operations only after a lockowner has been allocated
successfully.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>

diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
index f06faf577cea..f8018bfe9c64 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/clntproc.c
@@ -487,9 +487,12 @@ static const struct file_lock_operations nlmclnt_lock_ops = {
 static void nlmclnt_locks_init_private(struct file_lock *fl, struct nlm_host *host)
 {
 	fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.state = 0;
+	fl->fl_ops = NULL;
 	fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner = nlmclnt_find_lockowner(host,
 						       fl->c.flc_owner);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.list);
+	if (!fl->fl_u.nfs_fl.owner)
+		return;
 	fl->fl_ops = &nlmclnt_lock_ops;
 }