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authorRoberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com>2023-06-07 15:24:27 +0200
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2023-06-19 13:19:31 -0700
commit935d44acf621aa0688fef8312dec3e5940f38f4e (patch)
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parent95a301eefa82057571207edd06ea36218985a75e (diff)
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memfd: check for non-NULL file_seals in memfd_create() syscall
Ensure that file_seals is non-NULL before using it in the memfd_create() syscall. One situation in which memfd_file_seals_ptr() could return a NULL pointer when CONFIG_SHMEM=n, oopsing the kernel. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230607132427.2867435-1-roberto.sassu@huaweicloud.com Fixes: 47b9012ecdc7 ("shmem: add sealing support to hugetlb-backed memfd") Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@huawei.com> Cc: Marc-Andr Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r--mm/memfd.c9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c
index 69b90c31d38c..e763e76f1106 100644
--- a/mm/memfd.c
+++ b/mm/memfd.c
@@ -371,12 +371,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(memfd_create,
inode->i_mode &= ~0111;
file_seals = memfd_file_seals_ptr(file);
- *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL;
- *file_seals |= F_SEAL_EXEC;
+ if (file_seals) {
+ *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL;
+ *file_seals |= F_SEAL_EXEC;
+ }
} else if (flags & MFD_ALLOW_SEALING) {
/* MFD_EXEC and MFD_ALLOW_SEALING are set */
file_seals = memfd_file_seals_ptr(file);
- *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL;
+ if (file_seals)
+ *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL;
}
fd_install(fd, file);