Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-by: syzbot+25317a459958aec47bfa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested-by: syzbot+25317a459958aec47bfa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: f077638b pidfs: fix pidfs_free_pid() git tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git vfs-6.17.pidfs console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=13dce70c580000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=3a936e3316f9e2dc dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=25317a459958aec47bfa compiler: Debian clang version 20.1.6 (++20250514063057+1e4d39e07757-1~exp1~20250514183223.118), Debian LLD 20.1.6 Note: no patches were applied. Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.