l2tp_dfs_seq_start had a BUG_ON to catch a possible programming error in l2tp_dfs_seq_open.
Since we can easily bail out of l2tp_dfs_seq_start, prefer to do that and flag the error with a WARN_ON rather than crashing the kernel. Signed-off-by: Tom Parkin <tpar...@katalix.com> --- net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c index 117a6697da72..800a17b988be 100644 --- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c +++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c @@ -72,7 +72,14 @@ static void *l2tp_dfs_seq_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *offs) if (!pos) goto out; - BUG_ON(!m->private); + /* Unexpected: m->private is set in l2tp_dfs_seq_open. + * Warn on this and bail out early. + */ + if (!m->private) { + WARN_ON(!m->private); + pd = NULL; + goto out; + } pd = m->private; if (!pd->tunnel) -- 2.17.1