This command will crash with NULL pointer dereference. dmsetup create flakey --table "0 `blockdev --getsize /dev/ram0` flakey /dev/ram0 0 0 1 2 corrupt_bio_byte 512" We fix the crash by checking if arg_name is non-NULL before comparing it. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/md/dm-flakey.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-flakey.c @@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ static int parse_features(struct dm_arg_ * Direction r or w? */ arg_name = dm_shift_arg(as); - if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, "w")) + if (arg_name && !strcasecmp(arg_name, "w")) fc->corrupt_bio_rw = WRITE; - else if (!strcasecmp(arg_name, "r")) + else if (arg_name && !strcasecmp(arg_name, "r")) fc->corrupt_bio_rw = READ; else { ti->error = "Invalid corrupt bio direction (r or w)"; -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel