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[BUG] x86: apic: Possible null pointer dereference by apic_ack_edge

From William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [BUG] x86: apic: Possible null pointer dereference by apic_ack_edge
Date 2015-10-10 23:00 +0200
Message-ID <qi9pg-3Oh-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Hello,

In mainline kernel version 4.3-rc4, the following line located in the
apic_ack_edge function definition can result in a null pointer dereference:

        irq_complete_move(irqd_cfg(data));
        
The irqd_cfg function may return a value of NULL. If NULL is passed to the
irq_complete_move function, then the struct apic_chip_data pointer 'data' of
the __irq_complete_move function will be defined, and subsequently dereferenced,
based on this incorrect NULL value passed through the 'cfg' parameter:

        data = container_of(cfg, struct apic_chip_data, cfg);
        if (likely(!data->move_in_progress))
        
Sincerely,

William Breathitt Gray
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[BUG] x86: apic: Possible null pointer dereference by apic_ack_edge William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> - 2015-10-10 23:00 +0200
  Re: [BUG] x86: apic: Possible null pointer dereference by  apic_ack_edge Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2015-10-11 10:40 +0200

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