linux-kernel - [PATCH] block: NULL dereference on error path in __blkdev

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Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:37:23 +0100
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] block: NULL dereference on error path in __blkdev_get()

From: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

"disk" is always NULL when we goto out.  There was a check for this
before, but it was removed in 69e02c59a7d9 "block: Don't check events
while open is in progress".

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index fbe05cb..7d02afb 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1181,9 +1181,9 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
  out_unlock_bdev:
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 	disk_unblock_events(disk);
- out:
 	module_put(disk->fops->owner);
 	put_disk(disk);
+ out:
 	bdput(bdev);
 
 	return ret;
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