--- /dev/null
+From b09e01e65478dbe961b3b78aa53c187f23e98860 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
+Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 12:18:17 -0500
+Subject: eventfs: Check for NULL ef in eventfs_set_attr()
+
+From: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
+
+The top level events directory dentry does not have a d_fsdata set to a
+eventfs_file pointer. This dentry is still passed to eventfs_set_attr().
+It can not assume that the d_fsdata is set. Check for that.
+
+Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231112104158.6638-1-milian.wolff@kdab.com/
+
+Fixes: 9aaee3eebc91 ("eventfs: Save ownership and mode")
+Reported-by: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
+Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
+Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
+---
+ fs/tracefs/event_inode.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+index 5fcfb634fec26..efbdc47c74dcf 100644
+--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
++++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
+
+ mutex_lock(&eventfs_mutex);
+ ef = dentry->d_fsdata;
+- if (ef->is_freed) {
++ if (ef && ef->is_freed) {
+ /* Do not allow changes if the event is about to be removed. */
+ mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ ret = simple_setattr(idmap, dentry, iattr);
+- if (!ret)
++ if (!ret && ef)
+ update_attr(ef, iattr);
+ mutex_unlock(&eventfs_mutex);
+ return ret;
+--
+2.42.0
+