linux-kernel - [PATCH] nfs: Fix NULL pointer dereference of dev

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Date:   Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:44:14 +0800
From:   Yao Liu <yotta.liu@...oud.cn>
To:     trond.myklebust@...merspace.com, anna.schumaker@...app.com
Cc:     linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yao Liu <yotta.liu@...oud.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] nfs: Fix NULL pointer dereference of dev_name

There is a NULL pointer dereference of dev_name in nfs_parse_devname()

The oops looks something like:

  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000
  ...
  RIP: 0010:nfs_fs_mount+0x3b6/0xc20 [nfs]
  ...
  Call Trace:
   ? ida_alloc_range+0x34b/0x3d0
   ? nfs_clone_super+0x80/0x80 [nfs]
   ? nfs_free_parsed_mount_data+0x60/0x60 [nfs]
   mount_fs+0x52/0x170
   ? __init_waitqueue_head+0x3b/0x50
   vfs_kern_mount+0x6b/0x170
   do_mount+0x216/0xdc0
   ksys_mount+0x83/0xd0
   __x64_sys_mount+0x25/0x30
   do_syscall_64+0x65/0x220
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe

Fix this by adding a NULL check on dev_name

Signed-off-by: Yao Liu <yotta.liu@...oud.cn>
---
 fs/nfs/super.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index 22ce3c8..0570391 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -1895,6 +1895,11 @@ static int nfs_parse_devname(const char *dev_name,
 	size_t len;
 	char *end;
 
+	if (unlikely(!dev_name || !*dev_name)) {
+		dfprintk(MOUNT, "NFS: device name not specified\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Is the host name protected with square brakcets? */
 	if (*dev_name == '[') {
 		end = strchr(++dev_name, ']');
-- 
1.8.3.1