[v6.6][PATCH] eventfs: Check for NULL ef in eventfs_set_attr()

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sun Nov 12 2023 - 12:18:26 EST


From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

The top level events directory dentry does not have a d_fsdata set to a
eventfs_file pointer. This dentry is still passed to eventfs_set_attr().
It can not assume that the d_fsdata is set. Check for that.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231112104158.6638-1-milian.wolff@xxxxxxxx/

Fixes: 9aaee3eebc91 ("eventfs: Save ownership and mode")
Reported-by: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Note: This only affects 6.6 as the code in 6.7 here was rewritten.
I tested 6.7 and it does not have this bug.

fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 5fcfb634fec2..efbdc47c74dc 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,

mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
ef = dentry->d_fsdata;
- if (ef->is_freed) {
+ if (ef && ef->is_freed) {
/* Do not allow changes if the event is about to be removed. */
mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
return -ENODEV;
}

ret = simple_setattr(idmap, dentry, iattr);
- if (!ret)
+ if (!ret && ef)
update_attr(ef, iattr);
mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
return ret;
--
2.42.0