linux-kernel - [PATCH] blk-mq: protect debugfs_create

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Date:   Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:48:54 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] blk-mq: protect debugfs_create_files() from failures

If debugfs were to return a non-NULL error for a debugfs call, using
that pointer later in debugfs_create_files() would crash.

Fix that by properly checking the pointer before referencing it.

Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 block/blk-mq-debugfs.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
index 90d68760af08..777638f597aa 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c
@@ -838,6 +838,9 @@ static const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr blk_mq_debugfs_ctx_attrs[] = {
 static bool debugfs_create_files(struct dentry *parent, void *data,
 				 const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr *attr)
 {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(parent))
+		return false;
+
 	d_inode(parent)->i_private = data;
 
 	for (; attr->name; attr++) {
-- 
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