linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/fremap.c: fix another oops on error path

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Message-ID: <CANN689HbCEBUTDr9jLP9XwZiZdsDOAeWKZzT7y8FrmBD3Aa=fA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:44:39 -0700
From:	Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
To:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tommi Rantala <tt.rantala@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/fremap.c: fix another oops on error path

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com> wrote:
> Since find_vma() may return NULL, so don't dereference the
> returned 'vma' until it is valid.

Agree this was an issue. This is fixed with commit a2362d24764a.

-- 
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.
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