linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.0 57/93] x86/hyperv: Prevent potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:57:35 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, pakki001@....edu,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5.0 57/93] x86/hyperv: Prevent potential NULL pointer dereference

[ Upstream commit 534c89c22e26b183d838294f0937ee092c82ad3a ]

The page allocation in hv_cpu_init() can fail, but the code does not
have a check for that.

Add a check and return -ENOMEM when the allocation fails.

[ tglx: Massaged changelog ]

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@...eaurora.org>
Acked-by: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc: pakki001@....edu
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190314054651.1315-1-kjlu@umn.edu
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
index d3f42b6bbdac..8a9cff1f129d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c
@@ -102,9 +102,13 @@ static int hv_cpu_init(unsigned int cpu)
 	u64 msr_vp_index;
 	struct hv_vp_assist_page **hvp = &hv_vp_assist_page[smp_processor_id()];
 	void **input_arg;
+	struct page *pg;
 
 	input_arg = (void **)this_cpu_ptr(hyperv_pcpu_input_arg);
-	*input_arg = page_address(alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL));
+	pg = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (unlikely(!pg))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	*input_arg = page_address(pg);
 
 	hv_get_vp_index(msr_vp_index);
 
-- 
2.19.1