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module: propagate error in modules_open()

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otherwise kernel can oops later in seq_release() due to dereferencing null
file->private_data which is only set if seq_open() succeeds.

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000
IP: seq_release+0xc/0x30
Call Trace:
 close_pdeo+0x37/0xd0
 proc_reg_release+0x5d/0x60
 __fput+0x9d/0x1d0
 ____fput+0x9/0x10
 task_work_run+0x75/0x90
 do_exit+0x252/0xa00
 do_group_exit+0x36/0xb0
 SyS_exit_group+0xf/0x10

Fixes: 516fb7f2e73d ("/proc/module: use the same logic as /proc/kallsyms for address exposure")
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.15+
Signed-off-by: Leon Yu <chianglungyu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
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Leon Yu 2018-03-06 23:16:24 +08:00 committed by Jessica Yu
parent 661e50bc85
commit 3f553b308b
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@ -4228,7 +4228,7 @@ static int modules_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
m->private = kallsyms_show_value() ? NULL : (void *)8ul;
}
return 0;
return err;
}
static const struct file_operations proc_modules_operations = {