FAILED: patch "[PATCH] smb: client: Add check for next_buffer in" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 860ca5e50f73c2a1cef7eefc9d39d04e275417f7
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2025022446-prism-helpless-ae6c@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 860ca5e50f73c2a1cef7eefc9d39d04e275417f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Haoxiang Li <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:20:38 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] smb: client: Add check for next_buffer in
receive_encrypted_standard()

Add check for the return value of cifs_buf_get() and cifs_small_buf_get() in receive_encrypted_standard() to prevent null pointer dereference.

index 23e0c8be7fb5..4dd11eafb69d 100644
@@ -4965,6 +4965,10 @@ receive_encrypted_standard(struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
 			next_buffer = (char *)cifs_buf_get();
 		else
 			next_buffer = (char *)cifs_small_buf_get();
+		if (!next_buffer) {
+			cifs_server_dbg(VFS, "No memory for (large) SMB response\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
 		memcpy(next_buffer, buf + next_cmd, pdu_length - next_cmd);
 	}