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[v1] libnvdimm, dax: Fix a missing check in nd_dax_probe()

Message ID 1618014803-17231-1-git-send-email-wangyingjie55@126.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v1] libnvdimm, dax: Fix a missing check in nd_dax_probe() | expand

Commit Message

Yingjie Wang April 10, 2021, 12:33 a.m. UTC
From: Yingjie Wang <wangyingjie55@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 <wangyingjie55@126.com>
---
 drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Dan Williams April 10, 2021, 4:54 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 5:33 PM <wangyingjie55@126.com> wrote:
>
> From: Yingjie Wang <wangyingjie55@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 <wangyingjie55@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
>
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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);
 	nd_dax = nd_dax_alloc(nd_region);
+	if (!nd_dax)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	nd_pfn = &nd_dax->nd_pfn;
 	dax_dev = nd_pfn_devinit(nd_pfn, ndns);
 	nvdimm_bus_unlock(&ndns->dev);