From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> If a signal is pending (task being killed by sigkill) __mem_cgroup_try_charge will write NULL into &mem, and css_put will oops on null pointer dereference. BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000010 IP: [<ffffffff810fc6cc>] mem_cgroup_prepare_migration+0x7c/0xc0 PGD a5d89067 PUD a5d8a067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: /sys/devices/platform/microcode/firmware/microcode/loading CPU 0 Modules linked in: nfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc acpi_cpufreq pcspkr sg [last unloaded: microcode] Pid: 5299, comm: largepages Tainted: G W 2.6.34-rc3 #3 Penryn1600SLI-110dB/To Be Filled By O.E.M. RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810fc6cc>] [<ffffffff810fc6cc>] mem_cgroup_prepare_migration+0x7c/0xc0 Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -2445,12 +2445,12 @@ int mem_cgroup_prepare_migration(struct } unlock_page_cgroup(pc); + *ptr = mem; if (mem) { - ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, &mem, false, + ret = __mem_cgroup_try_charge(NULL, GFP_KERNEL, ptr, false, PAGE_SIZE); css_put(&mem->css); } - *ptr = mem; return ret; } -- 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>