linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 206/206] tick/broadcast: Prevent NULL pointer dereference

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Message-Id: <20170110131512.544376125@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:38:09 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>,
        Richard Cochran <rcochran@...utronix.de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Sebastian Frias <sf84@...oste.net>,
        Thibaud Cornic <thibaud_cornic@...madesigns.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 206/206] tick/broadcast: Prevent NULL pointer dereference

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

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

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

commit c1a9eeb938b5433947e5ea22f89baff3182e7075 upstream.

When a disfunctional timer, e.g. dummy timer, is installed, the tick core
tries to setup the broadcast timer.

If no broadcast device is installed, the kernel crashes with a NULL pointer
dereference in tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot() because the function has no
sanity check.

Reported-by: Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Anna-Maria Gleixner <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc: Richard Cochran <rcochran@...utronix.de>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Cc: Sebastian Frias <sf84@...oste.net>
Cc: Thibaud Cornic <thibaud_cornic@...madesigns.com>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1147ef90-7877-e4d2-bb2b-5c4fa8d3144b@free.fr
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-broadcast.c
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ void tick_broadcast_setup_oneshot(struct
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
+	if (!bc)
+		return;
+
 	/* Set it up only once ! */
 	if (bc->event_handler != tick_handle_oneshot_broadcast) {
 		int was_periodic = clockevent_state_periodic(bc);