From 31de83980d3764d784f79ff1bc93c42b324f4013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gui-Dong Han Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:58:44 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] debugfs: check for NULL pointer in debugfs_create_str() Passing a NULL pointer to debugfs_create_str() leads to a NULL pointer dereference when the debugfs file is read. Following upstream discussions, forbid the creation of debugfs string files with NULL pointers. Add a WARN_ON() to expose offending callers and return early. Fixes: 9af0440ec86e ("debugfs: Implement debugfs_create_str()") Reported-by: yangshiguang Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/2025122221-gag-malt-75ba@gregkh/ Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Gui-Dong Han Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323085930.88894-2-hanguidong02@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/debugfs/file.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c index 3376ab6a519d..a941d73251b0 100644 --- a/fs/debugfs/file.c +++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c @@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_str_wo = { * directory dentry if set. If this parameter is %NULL, then the * file will be created in the root of the debugfs filesystem. * @value: a pointer to the variable that the file should read to and write - * from. + * from. This pointer and the string it points to must not be %NULL. * * This function creates a file in debugfs with the given name that * contains the value of the variable @value. If the @mode variable is so @@ -1136,6 +1136,9 @@ static const struct file_operations fops_str_wo = { void debugfs_create_str(const char *name, umode_t mode, struct dentry *parent, char **value) { + if (WARN_ON(!value || !*value)) + return; + debugfs_create_mode_unsafe(name, mode, parent, value, &fops_str, &fops_str_ro, &fops_str_wo); }