Re: [PATCH] mm: cma: Fix potential null dereference on pointer cma

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On 3/16/21 3:04 AM, Colin King wrote:
From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At the start of the function there is a null pointer check on cma
and then branch to error handling label 'out'.  The subsequent call
to cma_sysfs_fail_pages_count dereferences cma, hence there is a
potential null pointer deference issue.  Fix this by only calling

As far as I can tell, it's not possible to actually cause that null
failure with the existing kernel code paths.  *Might* be worth mentioning
that here (unless I'm wrong), but either way, looks good, so:

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA

cma_sysfs_fail_pages_count if cma is not null.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference after null check")
Fixes: dc4764f7e9ac ("mm: cma: support sysfs")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  mm/cma.c | 3 ++-
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/cma.c b/mm/cma.c
index 6d4dbafdb318..90e27458ddb7 100644
--- a/mm/cma.c
+++ b/mm/cma.c
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ struct page *cma_alloc(struct cma *cma, size_t count, unsigned int align,
  		cma_sysfs_alloc_pages_count(cma, count);
  	} else {
  		count_vm_event(CMA_ALLOC_FAIL);
-		cma_sysfs_fail_pages_count(cma, count);
+		if (cma)
+			cma_sysfs_fail_pages_count(cma, count);
  	}
return page;






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