From: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
brauner@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ipc: Fix error pointer dereference
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:17:07 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218011707.581042-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com> (raw)
The function shm_lock() can return an error pointer and is not checked
for one. Add check for error pointer.
Detected by Smatch:
ipc/shm.c:1678 do_shmat() error:
'shp' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR()
Fixes: 00c2bf85d8feb ("ipc: get rid of ipc_lock_down()")
Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
---
ipc/shm.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index e8c7d1924c50..d4554f4e7063 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -1675,12 +1675,15 @@ long do_shmat(int shmid, char __user *shmaddr, int shmflg,
out_nattch:
down_write(&shm_ids(ns).rwsem);
shp = shm_lock(ns, shmid);
- shp->shm_nattch--;
+ if (!IS_ERR(shp)) {
+ shp->shm_nattch--;
+
+ if (shm_may_destroy(shp))
+ shm_destroy(ns, shp);
+ else
+ shm_unlock(shp);
+ }
- if (shm_may_destroy(shp))
- shm_destroy(ns, shp);
- else
- shm_unlock(shp);
up_write(&shm_ids(ns).rwsem);
return err;
--
2.53.0
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