[PATCH] kernfs: fix NULL pointer dereference in __kernfs_new_node()

[Tejun Heo]

Commit 382b1e8f30f7 ("kernfs: fix memory leak of kernfs_iattrs in
__kernfs_new_node") introduced an err_out4 error path which frees iattr
when security_kernfs_init_security() fails. However, iattr is only
allocated by __kernfs_setattr() when the node has non-default uid/gid.
If the node uses default ownership, iattr remains NULL, and
security_kernfs_init_security() failure would cause a NULL pointer
dereference when err_out4 tries to access kn->iattr->xattrs.

Add a NULL check before freeing iattr.

Fixes: 382b1e8f30f7 ("kernfs: fix memory leak of kernfs_iattrs in __kernfs_new_node")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: æ??ä¹?æ?? <duyiheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/kernfs/dir.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index 5c0efd6b239f..29baeeb97871 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -681,8 +681,10 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct kernfs_root *root,
 	return kn;

  err_out4:
-	simple_xattrs_free(&kn->iattr->xattrs, NULL);
-	kmem_cache_free(kernfs_iattrs_cache, kn->iattr);
+	if (kn->iattr) {
+		simple_xattrs_free(&kn->iattr->xattrs, NULL);
+		kmem_cache_free(kernfs_iattrs_cache, kn->iattr);
+	}
  err_out3:
 	spin_lock(&root->kernfs_idr_lock);
 	idr_remove(&root->ino_idr, (u32)kernfs_ino(kn));
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