# \[PATCH\] monitor: fix nullptr dereference when get\_md\_name() returns NULL

- From: Sergey Vidishev \<hidden\>
- Date: 2014-10-10 13:23:18 
- List: linux-raid
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2014/10/6628367
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2014/10/6628367/t.md

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From f35857936a8df2155b9aee3759c91fc19b77842c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sergey Vidishev <redacted>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 21:51:03 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] monitor: fix nullptr dereference when get_md_name() returns NULL

Signed-off-by: Sergey Vidishev <redacted>
---

This patch against fresh git://neil.brown.name/mdadm.
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 Monitor.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Monitor.c b/Monitor.c
index 5cb24fa..1919f99 100644
--- a/Monitor.c
+++ b/Monitor.c
@@ -668,6 +668,7 @@ static int add_new_arrays(struct mdstat_ent *mdstat, struct state **statelist,
 {
 	struct mdstat_ent *mse;
 	int new_found = 0;
+	char *name;
 
 	for (mse=mdstat; mse; mse=mse->next)
 		if (mse->devnm[0] &&
@@ -678,7 +679,12 @@ static int add_new_arrays(struct mdstat_ent *mdstat, struct state **statelist,
 			struct state *st = xcalloc(1, sizeof *st);
 			mdu_array_info_t array;
 			int fd;
-			st->devname = xstrdup(get_md_name(mse->devnm));
+
+			name = get_md_name(mse->devnm);
+			if (!name)
+				return 0;
+
+			st->devname = xstrdup(name);
 			if ((fd = open(st->devname, O_RDONLY)) < 0 ||
 			    ioctl(fd, GET_ARRAY_INFO, &array)< 0) {
 				/* no such array */
-- 
1.9.1


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