There is no need to go through handle_page_fault(). If we try to access the zero page in kernel mode just panic().
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <rich...@nod.at> --- arch/um/kernel/trap.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c index 974b874..b0a3017 100644 --- a/arch/um/kernel/trap.c +++ b/arch/um/kernel/trap.c @@ -218,10 +218,15 @@ unsigned long segv(struct faultinfo fi, unsigned long ip, int is_user, panic("Segfault with no mm"); } - if (SEGV_IS_FIXABLE(&fi) || SEGV_MAYBE_FIXABLE(&fi)) + if (SEGV_IS_FIXABLE(&fi) || SEGV_MAYBE_FIXABLE(&fi)) { + if (!is_user && address < PAGE_SIZE) { + show_regs(container_of(regs, struct pt_regs, regs)); + panic("NULL pointer dereference at ip:0x%lx address:0x%lx", ip, address); + } + err = handle_page_fault(address, ip, is_write, is_user, &si.si_code); - else { + } else { err = -EFAULT; /* * A thread accessed NULL, we get a fault, but CR2 is invalid. -- 1.8.4.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time is money. Stop wasting it! Get your web API in 5 minutes. www.restlet.com/download http://p.sf.net/sfu/restlet _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel