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[PATCHv2] fs: Handle register_shrinker failure

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register_shrinker allocates dynamic memory and thus is susceptible to failures
under low-memory situation. Currently,get_userns ignores the return value of
register_shrinker, potentially exposing not fully initialised object. This
can lead to a NULL-ptr deref everytime shrinker->nr_deferred is referenced.

Fix this by failing to register the filesystem in case there is not enough
memory to fully construct the shrinker object.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
Fixes: 1d3d4437eae1 ("vmscan: per-node deferred work")
Link: lkml.kernel.org/r/CACT4Y+b-purC3HHbw=SctmS3MA8FKqtNYZUS_KCo2WMctTwyNA@mail.gmail.com
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Add Fixes and Link tags for better traceability

 fs/super.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index b8b6a086c03b..964b18447c92 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -518,7 +518,19 @@ struct super_block *sget_userns(struct file_system_type *type,
 	hlist_add_head(&s->s_instances, &type->fs_supers);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 	get_filesystem(type);
-	register_shrinker(&s->s_shrink);
+	err = register_shrinker(&s->s_shrink);
+	if (err) {
+		spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+		list_del(&s->s_list);
+		hlist_del(&s->s_instances);
+		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+
+		up_write(&s->s_umount);
+		destroy_super(s);
+		put_filesystem(type);
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
+
 	return s;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

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fs: GPF in deactivate_locked_super Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> - 2017-03-23 15:20 +0100
  [PATCH] fs: Handle register_shrinker failure Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com> - 2017-03-24 09:10 +0100
    [PATCHv2] fs: Handle register_shrinker failure Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com> - 2017-03-24 09:40 +0100

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