From 2f089cb89d2f47702c31bd584c12badc88bbe17c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Felipe Pena Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 13:36:09 -0200 Subject: [PATCH] block: xen-blkfront: Fix possible NULL ptr dereference In the blkif_release function the bdget_disk() call might returns a NULL ptr which might be dereferenced on bdev->bd_openers checking Signed-off-by: Felipe Pena Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [v2: Added WARN per Roger's suggestion] --- drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c index 5f926de..c4a4c90 100644 --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c @@ -2011,6 +2011,10 @@ static void blkif_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) bdev = bdget_disk(disk, 0); + if (!bdev) { + WARN(1, "Block device %s yanked out from us!\n", disk->disk_name); + goto out_mutex; + } if (bdev->bd_openers) goto out; @@ -2041,6 +2045,7 @@ static void blkif_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode) out: bdput(bdev); +out_mutex: mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex); } -- 2.7.4