linux-kernel - [PATCH] block: fix potential null pointer dereference

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 17:13:47 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] block: fix potential null pointer dereference

Add null check before dereferencing pointer dev_list inside
function nla_nest_end() at line 1968: nla_nest_end(reply, dev_list);

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1408827
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
 drivers/block/nbd.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 9a7bb2c..6006de5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1948,6 +1948,9 @@ static int nbd_genl_status(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	}
 
 	dev_list = nla_nest_start(reply, NBD_ATTR_DEVICE_LIST);
+	if (!dev_list)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (index == -1) {
 		ret = idr_for_each(&nbd_index_idr, &status_cb, reply);
 		if (ret) {
-- 
2.5.0