[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH] HFS: Fix NULL pointer dereference in hfs_find_init()

[Peilin Ye]

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

[syzbot]

Hello,

syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue:

Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+7ca256...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

Tested on:

commit: fb893de3 Merge tag 'tag-chrome-platform-for-v5.9' of git:/..
git tree: upstream
kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=52688c732883205c
dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7ca256d0da4af073b2e2
compiler: gcc (GCC) 10.1.0-syz 20200507
patch: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=16c61b8a900000

Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.