From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> check if vma is null before dereferencing it, this avoiding any potential null pointer dereferences on vma via the is_vm_hugetlb_page call or the direct vma->vm_flags reference. Detected with CoverityScan, CID#1427995 ("Dereference before null check") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/migrate.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c index 7958dfa01b16..039f7bc3b9ee 100644 --- a/mm/migrate.c +++ b/mm/migrate.c @@ -2757,10 +2757,10 @@ int migrate_vma(const struct migrate_vma_ops *ops, /* Sanity check the arguments */ start &= PAGE_MASK; end &= PAGE_MASK; - if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL)) - return -EINVAL; if (!vma || !ops || !src || !dst || start >= end) return -EINVAL; + if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL)) + return -EINVAL; if (start < vma->vm_start || start >= vma->vm_end) return -EINVAL; if (end <= vma->vm_start || end > vma->vm_end) -- 2.11.0 -- 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>