linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: btrfs: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in insert_inline

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:33:51 +0800
From:   Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>
To:     Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@....com>, clm@...com,
        josef@...icpanda.com, dsterba@...e.com
Cc:     linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: btrfs: Fix a possible null-pointer dereference in
 insert_inline_extent()



On 2019/7/24 10:21, Qu Wenruo wrote:
>
> On 2019/7/24 上午10:11, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
>> In insert_inline_extent(), there is an if statement on line 181 to check
>> whether compressed_pages is NULL:
>>      if (compressed_size && compressed_pages)
>>
>> When compressed_pages is NULL, compressed_pages is used on line 215:
>>      cpage = compressed_pages[i];
>>
>> Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may occur.
>>
>> To fix this possible bug, compressed_pages is checked on line 214.
> This can only be hit with compressed_size > 0 and compressed_pages != NULL.
>
> It would be better to have an extra ASSERT() to warn developers about
> the impossible case.

Thanks for the reply :)
So I should add ASSERT(compressed_size > 0 & compressed_pages) at the 
beginning of the function, and remove "if (compressed_size && 
compressed_pages)"?


Best wishes,
Jia-Ju Bai