If there is not enough space then ceph_decode_32_safe() does a goto bad. We need to return an error code in that situation. The current code returns ERR_PTR(0) which is NULL. The callers are not expecting that and it results in a NULL dereference. Fixes: f24e9980eb86 ("ceph: OSD client") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/ceph/osdmap.c b/net/ceph/osdmap.c index ffe9e904d4d1..55e3a477f92d 100644 --- a/net/ceph/osdmap.c +++ b/net/ceph/osdmap.c @@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ static struct crush_map *crush_decode(void *pbyval, void *end) u32 yes; struct crush_rule *r; + err = -EINVAL; ceph_decode_32_safe(p, end, yes, bad); if (!yes) { dout("crush_decode NO rule %d off %x %p to %p\n", -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html