RE: [Question] kernfs: NULL pointer dereference in kernfs_dop_revalidate()

From: Zhoujian (jay)
Date: Mon Mar 28 2022 - 11:23:51 EST


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> Subject: Re: [Question] kernfs: NULL pointer dereference in
> kernfs_dop_revalidate()
>
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 11:59:49AM +0000, Zhoujian (jay) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We met a kernel panic during boot the new kernel using kexec, the
> > kernel version is 4.18.0(with some our changes), here is the stack:
>
> 4.18.0 is _VERY_ old and obsolete, sorry. Can you duplicate this on 5.17?

Thanks for your reply, I'll have a try.