FAILED: patch "[PATCH] commoncap: move assignment of fs_ns to avoid null pointer" failed to apply to 4.13-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 4.13-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]>.

thanks,

greg k-h

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

From: Colin Ian King <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 18:50:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] commoncap: move assignment of fs_ns to avoid null pointer
dereference

The pointer fs_ns is assigned from inode->i_ib->s_user_ns before a null pointer check on inode, hence if inode is actually null we will get a null pointer dereference on this assignment. Fix this by only dereferencing inode after the null pointer check on inode.

Detected by CoverityScan CID#1455328 ("Dereference before null check")

index c25e0d27537f..fc46f5b85251 100644
@@ -585,13 +585,14 @@ int get_vfs_caps_from_disk(const struct dentry *dentry, struct cpu_vfs_cap_data
 	struct vfs_ns_cap_data data, *nscaps = &data;
 	struct vfs_cap_data *caps = (struct vfs_cap_data *) &data;
 	kuid_t rootkuid;
-	struct user_namespace *fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
+	struct user_namespace *fs_ns;
 
 	memset(cpu_caps, 0, sizeof(struct cpu_vfs_cap_data));
 
 	if (!inode)
 		return -ENODATA;
 
+	fs_ns = inode->i_sb->s_user_ns;
 	size = __vfs_getxattr((struct dentry *)dentry, inode,
 			      XATTR_NAME_CAPS, &data, XATTR_CAPS_SZ);
 	if (size == -ENODATA || size == -EOPNOTSUPP)