linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2 032/110] x86/ioapic: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in setup_ioapic

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Date:	Fri,  6 Nov 2015 11:18:39 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2 032/110] x86/ioapic: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in setup_ioapic_dest()

4.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Werner Pawlitschko <werner.pawlitschko@...or.de>

commit ababae44108b0e94b58eef6cb5bd830bd040a47f upstream.

Commit 4857c91f0d19 changed the way how irq affinity is setup in
setup_ioapic_dest() from using the core helper function to
unconditionally calling the irq_set_affinity() callback of the
underlying irq chip.

That results in a NULL pointer dereference for the rare case where the
underlying irq chip is lapic_chip which has no irq_set_affinity()
callback. lapic_chip is occasionally used for the timer interrupt (irq
0).

The fix is simple: Check the availability of the callback instead of
calling it unconditionally.

Fixes: 4857c91f0d19 "x86/ioapic: Force affinity setting in setup_ioapic_dest()"
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -2547,7 +2547,9 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_dest(void)
 			mask = apic->target_cpus();
 
 		chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(idata);
-		chip->irq_set_affinity(idata, mask, false);
+		/* Might be lapic_chip for irq 0 */
+		if (chip->irq_set_affinity)
+			chip->irq_set_affinity(idata, mask, false);
 	}
 }
 #endif


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