On Thu, 2021-08-05 at 05:20 -0700, Tuo Li wrote: > kcalloc() is called to allocate memory for m->m_info, and if it fails, > ceph_mdsmap_destroy() behind the label out_err will be called: > ceph_mdsmap_destroy(m); > > In ceph_mdsmap_destroy(), m->m_info is dereferenced through: > kfree(m->m_info[i].export_targets); > > To fix this possible null-pointer dereference, if memory allocation > for m->m_info fails, free m and return -ENOMEM. > > Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/ceph/mdsmap.c | 6 ++++-- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c > index abd9af7727ad..7d73e4b64b12 100644 > --- a/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c > +++ b/fs/ceph/mdsmap.c > @@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ struct ceph_mdsmap *ceph_mdsmap_decode(void **p, void *end, bool msgr2) > m->possible_max_rank = max(m->m_num_active_mds, m->m_max_mds); > > m->m_info = kcalloc(m->possible_max_rank, sizeof(*m->m_info), GFP_NOFS); > - if (!m->m_info) > - goto nomem; > + if (!m->m_info) { > + kfree(m); > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > + } > > /* pick out active nodes from mds_info (state > 0) */ > for (i = 0; i < n; i++) { Good catch. This function is already pretty complex. How about we instead fix this in ceph_mdsmap_destroy and make it safe to call that with the mdsmap in this state? Basically, just put an "if (m->m_info)" around the for loop in that function. Sound ok? -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>