linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] bcache: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:21:12 +0800
From:   YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     <colyli@...e.de>, <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH -next] bcache: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

There is a potential NULL pointer dereference in case
kzalloc() fails and returns NULL.

Fixes: bc082a55d25c ("bcache: fix inaccurate io state for detached bcache devices")
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/md/bcache/request.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
index 1507041..a50afa4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/request.c
@@ -1094,6 +1094,8 @@ static void detached_dev_do_request(struct bcache_device *d, struct bio *bio)
 	 * which would call closure_get(&dc->disk.cl)
 	 */
 	ddip = kzalloc(sizeof(struct detached_dev_io_private), GFP_NOIO);
+	if (!ddip)
+		return;
 	ddip->d = d;
 	ddip->start_time = jiffies;
 	ddip->bi_end_io = bio->bi_end_io;
-- 
2.7.0