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* [PATCH] smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath
@ 2025-06-01 17:18 Ruben Devos
  2025-06-01 20:13 ` Steve French
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ruben Devos @ 2025-06-01 17:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: sfrench
  Cc: pc, ronniesahlberg, sprasad, tom, bharathsm, linux-cifs,
	Ruben Devos

page is checked for null in __build_path_from_dentry_optional_prefix
when tcon->origin_fullpath is not set. However, the check is missing when
it is set.
Add a check to prevent a potential NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Ruben Devos <devosruben6@gmail.com>
---
 fs/smb/client/namespace.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/namespace.c b/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
index e3f9213131c4..a6655807c086 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ static char *automount_fullpath(struct dentry *dentry, void *page)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&tcon->tc_lock);
 
+	if (unlikely(!page))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
 	s = dentry_path_raw(dentry, page, PATH_MAX);
 	if (IS_ERR(s))
 		return s;
-- 
2.49.0


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* Re: [PATCH] smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath
  2025-06-01 17:18 [PATCH] smb: client: add NULL check in automount_fullpath Ruben Devos
@ 2025-06-01 20:13 ` Steve French
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Steve French @ 2025-06-01 20:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ruben Devos; +Cc: pc, ronniesahlberg, sprasad, tom, bharathsm, linux-cifs

good catch.  Added to cifs-2.6.git for-next, and added Cc: stable

On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM Ruben Devos <devosruben6@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> page is checked for null in __build_path_from_dentry_optional_prefix
> when tcon->origin_fullpath is not set. However, the check is missing when
> it is set.
> Add a check to prevent a potential NULL pointer dereference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ruben Devos <devosruben6@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/smb/client/namespace.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/namespace.c b/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
> index e3f9213131c4..a6655807c086 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
> +++ b/fs/smb/client/namespace.c
> @@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ static char *automount_fullpath(struct dentry *dentry, void *page)
>         }
>         spin_unlock(&tcon->tc_lock);
>
> +       if (unlikely(!page))
> +               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
>         s = dentry_path_raw(dentry, page, PATH_MAX);
>         if (IS_ERR(s))
>                 return s;
> --
> 2.49.0
>
>


-- 
Thanks,

Steve

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