When powering on a null_blk device that is not already on, the return value ret that is initialized to be count is reused to check the return value of null_add_dev(), leading to nullb_device_power_store() to return null_add_dev() return value (0 on success) instead of "count". So make sure to set ret to be equal to count when there are no errors. Fixes: a2db328b0839 ("null_blk: fix null-ptr-dereference while configuring 'power' and 'submit_queues'") Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c index eb023d267369..631dca2e4e84 100644 --- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c +++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c @@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ static ssize_t nullb_device_power_store(struct config_item *item, set_bit(NULLB_DEV_FL_CONFIGURED, &dev->flags); dev->power = newp; + ret = count; } else if (dev->power && !newp) { if (test_and_clear_bit(NULLB_DEV_FL_UP, &dev->flags)) { dev->power = newp; -- 2.45.1