Thread (12 messages) 12 messages, 3 authors, 2021-02-11

Re: [PATCH] usb: usbip: fix error handling of kthread_get_run()

From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Date: 2021-02-10 18:19:44

On 2021/02/11 3:11, Shuah Khan wrote:
I would like to see to see a complete fix. This patch changes
kthread_get_run() to return NULL. Without adding handling for
NULL in the callers of kthread_get_run(), we will start seeing
problems.
What problems are you aware of?
Does this patch fix the problem syzbot found?
Yes, this patch as-is avoids the crash syzbot found.
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