After calling radix_tree_iter_retry(), 'slot' will be set to NULL. This can cause radix_tree_next_slot() to dereference the NULL pointer. Check for a NULL pointer on entry to radix_tree_next_slot(). Reported-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/radix-tree.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/radix-tree.h b/include/linux/radix-tree.h index 3e488e2..9aa3afe 100644 --- a/include/linux/radix-tree.h +++ b/include/linux/radix-tree.h @@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ radix_tree_chunk_size(struct radix_tree_iter *iter) static __always_inline void ** radix_tree_next_slot(void **slot, struct radix_tree_iter *iter, unsigned flags) { + if (!slot) + return NULL; + if (flags & RADIX_TREE_ITER_TAGGED) { iter->tags >>= 1; if (likely(iter->tags & 1ul)) { -- 2.7.0.rc3 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>