From: Andrew Morton pet peeve Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Al Viro Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Miklos Szeredi Cc: Serge Hallyn Cc: Ram Pai Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/namespace.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN fs/namespace.c~unprivileged-mounts-propagate-error-values-from-clone_mnt-fix fs/namespace.c --- a/fs/namespace.c~unprivileged-mounts-propagate-error-values-from-clone_mnt-fix +++ a/fs/namespace.c @@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *clone_mnt(struct { struct super_block *sb = old->mnt_sb; struct vfsmount *mnt = alloc_vfsmnt(old->mnt_devname); + if (!mnt) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); _