linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: Avoid a risk of null pointer.

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Message-ID: <tencent_65B128564B40DAFEBCBF06F8E2011BC32407@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 22:54:16 +0800
From: jiping huang <huangjiping95@...com>
To: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jiping huang <huangjiping95@...com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: Avoid a risk of null pointer.

There is a probability that we will get a null pointer when we use
find_vm() interface.

Signed-off-by: jiping huang <huangjiping95@...com>

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index aec756ae5637..a0bcc1865c62 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,11 @@ static long migrate_to_node(struct mm_struct *mm, int source, int dest,
 	mmap_read_lock(mm);
 	vma = find_vma(mm, 0);
 
+	if (!vma) {
+		mmap_read_unlock(mm);
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * This does not migrate the range, but isolates all pages that
 	 * need migration.  Between passing in the full user address
-- 
2.34.1