[for-next][PATCH 7/7] eventfs: Fix a possible null pointer dereference in eventfs_find_events()

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Hao Ge <gehao@xxxxxxxxxx>

In function eventfs_find_events,there is a potential null pointer
that may be caused by calling update_events_attr which will perform
some operations on the members of the ei struct when ei is NULL.

Hence,When ei->is_freed is set,return NULL directly.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20240513053338.63017-1-hao.ge@xxxxxxxxx

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 8186fff7ab64 ("tracefs/eventfs: Use root and instance inodes as default ownership")
Signed-off-by: Hao Ge <gehao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index a878cea70f4c..0256afdd4acf 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -345,10 +345,9 @@ static struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_find_events(struct dentry *dentry)
 		 * If the ei is being freed, the ownership of the children
 		 * doesn't matter.
 		 */
-		if (ei->is_freed) {
-			ei = NULL;
-			break;
-		}
+		if (ei->is_freed)
+			return NULL;
+
 		// Walk upwards until you find the events inode
 	} while (!ei->is_events);
 
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