From 9bac4a2b7326411a05aca952dde5c453798b62ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roberto Sassu Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 15:24:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] memfd: check for non-NULL file_seals in memfd_create() syscall [ Upstream commit 935d44acf621aa0688fef8312dec3e5940f38f4e ] 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 Cc: Marc-Andr Lureau Cc: Mike Kravetz Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- mm/memfd.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/memfd.c b/mm/memfd.c index 475d095dd7f5..a73af8be9c28 100644 --- a/mm/memfd.c +++ b/mm/memfd.c @@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(memfd_create, if (flags & MFD_ALLOW_SEALING) { file_seals = memfd_file_seals_ptr(file); - *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL; + if (file_seals) + *file_seals &= ~F_SEAL_SEAL; } fd_install(fd, file);