On 01/13/2010 12:11 AM, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Subject: kvm/ia64: dereference of NULL pointer in set_pal_result()
From: Roel Kluin<roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
Do not dereference a NULL pointer
diff -puN arch/ia64/kvm/kvm_fw.c~kvm-ia64-dereference-of-null-pointer-in-set_pal_result arch/ia64/kvm/kvm_fw.c
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm_fw.c~kvm-ia64-dereference-of-null-pointer-in-set_pal_result
+++ a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm_fw.c
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ static void set_pal_result(struct kvm_vc
struct exit_ctl_data *p;
p = kvm_get_exit_data(vcpu);
- if (p&& p->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PAL_CALL) {
+ if (!p)
+ return;
+ if (p->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PAL_CALL) {
p->u.pal_data.ret = result;
- return ;
+ return;
}
INIT_PAL_STATUS_UNIMPLEMENTED(p->u.pal_data.ret);
}
kvm_get_exit_data() cannot return a NULL pointer.
Where did this come from?
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
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