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mm: fix dereferencing possible ERR_PTR 

commit 4eb5bbde3c upstream.

Smatch checker complains that 'secretmem_mnt' dereferencing possible
ERR_PTR().  Let the function return if 'secretmem_mnt' is ERR_PTR, to
avoid deferencing it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220904074647.GA64291@cloud-MacBookPro
Fixes: 1507f51255 ("mm: introduce memfd_secret system call to create "secret" memory areas")
Signed-off-by: Binyi Han <dantengknight@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foudation.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
Cc: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Binyi Han 2022-09-04 00:46:47 -07:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent d75ce11562
commit e858f7ac73
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@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int secretmem_init(void)
secretmem_mnt = kern_mount(&secretmem_fs);
if (IS_ERR(secretmem_mnt))
ret = PTR_ERR(secretmem_mnt);
return PTR_ERR(secretmem_mnt);
/* prevent secretmem mappings from ever getting PROT_EXEC */
secretmem_mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_NOEXEC;