linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: lustre: osc: lproc_osc.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

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Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:07:19 +0100
From:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Brilliantov Kirill Vladimirovich <brilliantov@...ox.ru>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	HPDD-discuss@...1.01.org, Greg Donald <gdonald@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: lustre: lustre: osc: lproc_osc.c: Fix for
 possible null pointer dereference

Hi Dan

Quite right! Had to try it.

Do nothing then?
But you must agree that it is still ugly and confusing code.

Kind regards
Rickard Strandqvist


2014-12-15 11:25 GMT+01:00 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:37:18PM +0100, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
>> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
>>
>> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
>> ---
>>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c |    4 +++-
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c
>> index 9f719bc..9ba6293 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/lproc_osc.c
>> @@ -237,13 +237,15 @@ static ssize_t osc_cur_grant_bytes_seq_write(struct file *file, const char *buff
>>                                 size_t count, loff_t *off)
>>  {
>>       struct obd_device *obd = ((struct seq_file *)file->private_data)->private;
>> -     struct client_obd *cli = &obd->u.cli;
>> +     struct client_obd *cli;
>
> This isn't really a dereference.  You're just getting the address of
> obd->u.cli.  So if obd is NULL then it won't crash.
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
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