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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
Below race may cause NULL pointer dereference
P1 P2 dquot_free_inode quota_off drop_dquot_ref remove_dquot_ref dquots = i_dquot(inode) dquots = i_dquot(inode) srcu_read_lock dquots[cnt]) != NULL (1) dquots[type] = NULL (2) spin_lock(&dquots[cnt]->dq_dqb_lock) (3) ....
If dquot_free_inode(or other routines) checks inode's quota pointers (1) before quota_off sets it to NULL(2) and use it (3) after that, NULL pointer dereference will be triggered.
So let's fix it by using a temporary pointer to avoid this issue.
Exploitability
AV:LAC:HPR:LUI:NScope
S:UImpact
C:NI:NA:H4.7/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H