> On Feb 20, 2019, at 3:50 AM, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Tue 19-02-19 08:17:09, Steve Magnani wrote: >>> On 2/19/19 8:02 AM, Jan Kara wrote: >>>> On Tue 19-02-19 11:44:03, Colin King wrote: >>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>>> There is a null check on the pointer bh to avoid a null pointer dereference >>>> on bh->b_data however later bh is passed to mark_buffer_dirty that can also >>>> cause a null pointer dereference on bh. Avoid this potential null pointer >>>> dereference by moving the call to mark_buffer_dirty inside the null checked >>>> block. >>>> >>>> Fixes: e8b4274735e4 ("udf: finalize integrity descriptor before writeback") >>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Thanks for the patch! In fact it is the 'if (bh)' check that's >>> unnecessarily defensive (we cannot have sbi->s_lvid_dirty and >>> !sbi->s_lvid_bh). So I'll just drop that check (attached patch). >>> >>> Honza >>> >>>> --- >>>> fs/udf/super.c | 12 ++++++------ >>>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c >>>> index a6940d90bedd..b7e9a83d39db 100644 >>>> --- a/fs/udf/super.c >>>> +++ b/fs/udf/super.c >>>> @@ -2336,13 +2336,13 @@ static int udf_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait) >>>> lvid = (struct logicalVolIntegrityDesc *)bh->b_data; >>>> udf_finalize_lvid(lvid); >>>> - } >>>> - /* >>>> - * Blockdevice will be synced later so we don't have to submit >>>> - * the buffer for IO >>>> - */ >>>> - mark_buffer_dirty(bh); >>>> + /* >>>> + * Blockdevice will be synced later so we don't have >>>> + * to submit the buffer for IO >>>> + */ >>>> + mark_buffer_dirty(bh); >>>> + } >>>> sbi->s_lvid_dirty = 0; >>>> } >>>> mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_alloc_mutex); >>>> -- >>>> 2.20.1 >>>> >> Reviewed-by: Steven J. Magnani <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Is this Reviewed-by for my fixup or the Colin's? Because I've decided to > rather remove the 'if (bh)' check completely since it is pointless... > > Honza > -- Sorry, I realized on rereading that this could be ambiguous. The R-B is for your patch. Steve