CVE-2022-50148
kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove
When lockdep is enabled, lockdep_assert_held_write would
cause potential NULL pointer dereference.
Fix the following smatch warnings:
fs/kernfs/dir.c:1353 __kernfs_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'kn' (see line 1346)
Affected products
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