Re: [PATCH] fscrypt: Fix null pointer when defer i_crypt_info

[Jun Nie]

Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2022年12月14日周三 02:54写道：
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 04:11:03PM +0800, Jun Nie wrote:
> > syzbot report below bug[1]. Fix it with checking null pointer before
> > deferring i_crypt_info.
> >
>
> Thanks, but this has already been fixed upstream by commit 105c78e12468
> ("ext4: don't allow journal inode to have encrypt flag").
>
> Also, I don't think adding a NULL check to __fscrypt_inode_uses_inline_crypto()
> is a good idea because it is only meant to be called when the inode's encryption
> key has already been set up.  Instead of making the function return a
> potentially-incorrect result, it was better to address the root cause of why it
> was being called at an inappropriate time in the first place.
>
> - Eric

Thanks for the information! Do you know what's the plan/schedule of
back porting,
such as linux-5.15.y branch?

- Jun