linux-kernel - [057/244] alarmtimers: Avoid possible null pointer traversal

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Message-Id: <20110928220131.253506838@clark.kroah.org>
Date:	Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:21 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Subject: [057/244] alarmtimers: Avoid possible null pointer traversal

3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>

commit 971c90bfa2f0b4fe52d6d9002178d547706f1343 upstream.

We don't check if old_setting is non null before assigning it, so
correct this.

CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 kernel/time/alarmtimer.c |    7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -479,11 +479,8 @@ static int alarm_timer_set(struct k_itim
 	if (!rtcdev)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
-	/* Save old values */
-	old_setting->it_interval =
-			ktime_to_timespec(timr->it.alarmtimer.period);
-	old_setting->it_value =
-			ktime_to_timespec(timr->it.alarmtimer.node.expires);
+	if (old_setting)
+		alarm_timer_get(timr, old_setting);
 
 	/* If the timer was already set, cancel it */
 	alarm_cancel(&timr->it.alarmtimer);


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