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    dax: fix general protection fault in dax_alloc_inode · 9f586fff
    Mikulas Patocka authored
    Don't crash in case of allocation failure in dax_alloc_inode.
    
        syzkaller hit the following crash on e4880bc5
    
        kasan: CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE enabled
        kasan: GPF could be caused by NULL-ptr deref or user memory access
        [..]
        RIP: 0010:dax_alloc_inode+0x3b/0x70 drivers/dax/super.c:348
        Call Trace:
        alloc_inode+0x65/0x180 fs/inode.c:208
        new_inode_pseudo+0x69/0x190 fs/inode.c:890
        new_inode+0x1c/0x40 fs/inode.c:919
        mount_pseudo_xattr+0x288/0x560 fs/libfs.c:261
        mount_pseudo include/linux/fs.h:2137 [inline]
        dax_mount+0x2e/0x40 drivers/dax/super.c:388
        mount_fs+0x66/0x2d0 fs/super.c:1223
    
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
    Fixes: 7b6be844
    
     ("dax: refactor dax-fs into a generic provider...")
    Reported-by: default avatarsyzbot <syzkaller@googlegroups.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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