Re: [PATCH v3] statmount: Fix the null-ptr-deref in do_statmount()

From: Christian Brauner

Date: Sat Feb 14 2026 - 07:20:03 EST


On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:30:06 +0800, Qing Wang wrote:
> If the mount is internal, it's mnt_ns will be MNT_NS_INTERNAL, which is
> defined as ERR_PTR(-EINVAL). So, in the do_statmount(), need to check ns
> of mount by IS_ERR() and return.
>
>

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] statmount: Fix the null-ptr-deref in do_statmount()
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/81f16c9778d7