There was a potential null deref introduced in: c62b1a3b31b5 memcg: use generic percpu instead of private implementation Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 7973b52..e1e0996 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -3691,8 +3691,10 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *mem_cgroup_alloc(void) else mem = vmalloc(size); - if (mem) - memset(mem, 0, size); + if (!mem) + return NULL; + + memset(mem, 0, size); mem->stat = alloc_percpu(struct mem_cgroup_stat_cpu); if (!mem->stat) { if (size < PAGE_SIZE) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>