linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] libnvdimm, dax: Fix a missing check in nd_dax

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Date:   Fri,  9 Apr 2021 17:33:23 -0700
From:   wangyingjie55@....com
To:     dan.j.williams@...el.com, vishal.l.verma@...el.com,
        dave.jiang@...el.com, ira.weiny@...el.com,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Cc:     wangyingjie55@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] libnvdimm, dax: Fix a missing check in nd_dax_probe()

From: Yingjie Wang <wangyingjie55@....com>

In nd_dax_probe(), nd_dax_alloc() may fail and return NULL.
Check for NULL before attempting to
use nd_dax to avoid a NULL pointer dereference.

Fixes: c5ed9268643c ("libnvdimm, dax: autodetect support")
Signed-off-by: Yingjie Wang <wangyingjie55@....com>
---
 drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c
index 99965077bac4..b1426ac03f01 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ int nd_dax_probe(struct device *dev, struct nd_namespace_common *ndns)
 
 	nvdimm_bus_lock(&ndns->dev);
 	nd_dax = nd_dax_alloc(nd_region);
+	if (!nd_dax)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	nd_pfn = &nd_dax->nd_pfn;
 	dax_dev = nd_pfn_devinit(nd_pfn, ndns);
 	nvdimm_bus_unlock(&ndns->dev);
-- 
2.7.4