kzalloc_node may return NULL. So rtpn should be checked before dereference in mem_cgroup_init. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: 95a045f63d98 ("mm: memcontrol: consolidate memory controller initialization") Signed-off-by: Anastasia Belova <abelova@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index e8ca4bdcb03c..7998dbf3c7cd 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -7377,6 +7377,7 @@ static int __init mem_cgroup_init(void) struct mem_cgroup_tree_per_node *rtpn; rtpn = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*rtpn), GFP_KERNEL, node); + WARN_ON(!rtpn); rtpn->rb_root = RB_ROOT; rtpn->rb_rightmost = NULL; -- 2.30.2