linux-kernel - [PATCH] gfs2: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:	Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:30:05 +0100
From:	Michal Nazarewicz <mpn@...gle.com>
To:	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>
Cc:	cluster-devel@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
Subject: [PATCH] gfs2: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

From: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>

Commit [e66cf1610: GFS2: Use lockref for glocks] replaced call:
    atomic_read(&gi->gl->gl_ref) == 0
with:
    __lockref_is_dead(&gl->gl_lockref)
therefore changing how gl is accessed, from gi->gl to plan gl.
However, gl can be a NULL pointer, and so gi->gl needs to be
used instead (which is guaranteed not to be NULL because fo
the while loop checking that condition).

Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
---
 fs/gfs2/glock.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index e66a800..c8420f7 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -1899,7 +1899,8 @@ static int gfs2_glock_iter_next(struct gfs2_glock_iter *gi)
 			gi->nhash = 0;
 		}
 	/* Skip entries for other sb and dead entries */
-	} while (gi->sdp != gi->gl->gl_sbd || __lockref_is_dead(&gl->gl_lockref));
+	} while (gi->sdp != gi->gl->gl_sbd ||
+		 __lockref_is_dead(&gi->gl->gl_lockref));
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.8.4.1

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