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

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Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 15:00:17 EST


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Subject: Re: [syzbot] [fs?] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in getname_kernel
Author: pavankumaryalagada@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux 73ae59e97596

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index d74c01c98f19..336013139ef6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -591,6 +591,11 @@ int nvmet_ns_enable(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
if (ns->enabled)
goto out_unlock;

+ if (!ns->device_path) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+
ret = nvmet_bdev_ns_enable(ns);
if (ret == -ENOTBLK)
ret = nvmet_file_ns_enable(ns);