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syzkaller reported a null-ptr-deref in lec_arp_clear_vccs(). This issue can be easily reproduced using the syzkaller reproducer. In the ATM LANE (LAN Emulation) module, the same atm_vcc can be shared by multiple lec_arp_table entries (e.g., via entry->vcc or entry->recv_vcc). When the underlying VCC is closed, lec_vcc_close() iterates over all ARP entries and calls lec_arp_clear_vccs() for each matched entry. For example, when lec_vcc_close() iterates through the hlists in priv->lec_arp_empty_ones or other ARP tables: 1. In the first iteration, for the first matched ARP entry sharing the VCC, lec_arp_clear_vccs() frees the associated vpriv (which is vcc->user_back) and sets vcc->user_back to NULL. 2. In the second iteration, for the next matched ARP entry sharing the same VCC, lec_arp_clear_vccs() is called again. It obtains a NULL vpriv from vcc->user_back (via LEC_VCC_PRIV(vcc)) and then attempts to dereference it via `vcc->pop = vpriv->old_pop`, leading to a null-ptr-deref crash. Fix this by adding a null check for vpriv before dereferencing it. If vpriv is already NULL, it means the VCC has been cleared by a previous call, so we can safely skip the cleanup and just clear the entry's vcc/recv_vcc pointers. The entire cleanup block (including vcc_release_async()) is placed inside the vpriv guard because a NULL vpriv indicates the VCC has already been fully released by a prior iteration — repeating the teardown would redundantly set flags and trigger callbacks on an already-closing socket. The Fixes tag points to the initial commit because the entry->vcc path has been vulnerable since the original code. The entry->recv_vcc path was later added by commit8d9f73c0ad("atm: fix a memory leak of vcc->user_back") with the same pattern, and both paths are fixed here. Reported-by: syzbot+72e3ea390c305de0e259@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68c95a83.050a0220.3c6139.0e5c.GAE@google.com/T/ Fixes:1da177e4c3("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@shopee.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260225123250.189289-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>