linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH mm] mm: hugetlb: Add checks for NULL for vma returned from find_vma. find_vma may return NULL, that's why its return value is usually checked for NULL.

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Message-ID: <6f5ac7ee-0af3-a466-cf7f-b17270bc1391@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Jan 2023 14:24:33 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Esina Ekaterina <eesina@...ralinux.ru>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH mm] mm: hugetlb: Add checks for NULL for vma returned from
 find_vma. find_vma may return NULL, that's why its return value is usually
 checked for NULL.

On 16.01.23 11:05, Esina Ekaterina wrote:
> Found by Astra Linux on behalf of Linux Verification Center
> (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Please trim the subject and move details to the description.

What are the symptoms? How exactly does this BUG manifest? What is this 
patch fixing?


-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb