Re: [PATCH][next] powerpc/vas: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date: 2021-10-26 22:31:02
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From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date: 2021-10-26 22:31:02
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"Gustavo A. R. Silva" [off-list ref] writes:
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 02:09:31PM -0700, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:quoted
On 10/14/21 10:03 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:quoted
(!ptr && !ptr->foo) strikes again. :) The expression (!ptr && !ptr->foo) is bogus and in case ptr is NULL, it leads to a NULL pointer dereference: ptr->foo. Fix this by converting && to || This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle, and audited and fixed manually. Fixes: 1a0d0d5ed5e3 ("powerpc/vas: Add platform specific user window operations") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>Looking at the usage pattern it is obvious that if we determine !ptr attempting to also confirm !ptr->ops is going to blow up. LGTM. Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.ibm.com>I think I'll take this in my tree.
I've already put it in powerpc/next: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?h=next&id=61cb9ac66b30374c7fd8a8b2a3c4f8f432c72e36 If you need to pick it up as well for some reason that's fine. cheers