On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 5:33 PM <wangyingji...@126.com> wrote:
>
> From: Yingjie Wang <wangyingji...@126.com>
>
> In nd_dax_probe(), nd_dax_alloc() may fail and return NULL.
> Check for NULL before attempting to
> use nd_dax to avoid a NULL pointer dereference.
>
> Fixes: c5ed9268643c ("libnvdimm, dax: autodetect support")
> Signed-off-by: Yingjie Wang <wangyingji...@126.com>
> ---
> drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c
> index 99965077bac4..b1426ac03f01 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c
> @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ int nd_dax_probe(struct device *dev, struct
> nd_namespace_common *ndns)
>
> nvdimm_bus_lock(&ndns->dev);
hmmm...
> nd_dax = nd_dax_alloc(nd_region);
> + if (!nd_dax)
> + return -ENOMEM;
Can you spot the bug this introduces? See the hint above.
> nd_pfn = &nd_dax->nd_pfn;
> dax_dev = nd_pfn_devinit(nd_pfn, ndns);
> nvdimm_bus_unlock(&ndns->dev);
> --
> 2.7.4
>
