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Re: [PATCH] drivers:block:drbd:drbd_state:fix null-pointer dereference

From Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] drivers:block:drbd:drbd_state:fix null-pointer dereference
Date 2017-04-25 09:10 +0200
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 11:35:18PM -0700, Heloise wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Heloise <os@iscas.ac.cn>
> 
> In is_valid_state(), there is NULL validation for the variable nc
> "if (nc)". However,the code will continue to execute when nc is NULL.
> nc->verify_alg[0] is used in subsequent code, which may cause
> null-pointer dereference, fix it.
> ---
>  drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
> index eea0c4a..1963b83 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_state.c
> @@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ is_valid_state(struct drbd_device *device, union drbd_state ns)
>  		rv = SS_CONNECTED_OUTDATES;
>  
>  	else if ((ns.conn == C_VERIFY_S || ns.conn == C_VERIFY_T) &&
> -		 (nc->verify_alg[0] == 0))
> +		 (nc != NULL && nc->verify_alg[0] == 0))


What the static checker cannot know:
ns.conn != C_STANDALONE implies nc != NULL.

But if you feel like it, the additional check won't hurt.

Thanks,

    Lars

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[PATCH] drivers:block:drbd:drbd_state:fix null-pointer dereference Heloise <os@iscas.ac.cn> - 2017-04-25 09:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] drivers:block:drbd:drbd_state:fix null-pointer  dereference Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com> - 2017-04-25 09:10 +0200

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