We could hit null pointer dereference error during alloc_page_buffers in : (1) block size > PAGE_SIZE (2) low memory. Add sanity check for that. Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/block_dev.c | 1 + fs/buffer.c | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c index 1e86823..2481d42 100644 --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -1027,6 +1027,7 @@ void bd_set_size(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t size) break; bsize <<= 1; } + BUG_ON(bsize > PAGE_SIZE); bdev->bd_block_size = bsize; bdev->bd_inode->i_blkbits = blksize_bits(bsize); } diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 6024877..b039b15 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -1571,6 +1571,12 @@ void create_empty_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head *bh, *head, *tail; head = alloc_page_buffers(page, blocksize, 1); + + /* + * alloc_page_buffers() could return NULL on (1) bs > PAGE_SIZE + * (2) low memory case. Ensure that we don't dereference null ptr + */ + BUG_ON(!head); bh = head; do { bh->b_state |= b_state; -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html