Re: [syzbot] [fs?] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in getname_kernel

From: syzbot

Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 14:45:00 EST


Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue:

Reported-by: syzbot+6c46a179b56c651c4c96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tested-by: syzbot+6c46a179b56c651c4c96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tested on:

commit: 73ae59e9 Merge tag 'erofs-for-7.3-rc1-2' of git://git...
git tree: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux
console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=16932a15580000
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=c35e49327a11721f
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6c46a179b56c651c4c96
compiler: aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.44
userspace arch: arm64
patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=136106f9580000

Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.