Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference

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On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 03:53 +0530, Syam Sidhardhan wrote:
> Check for cred == NULL has to be done before accessing cred.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Syam Sidhardhan <s.syam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/sunrpc/auth.c |    7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> index f529404..18678a6 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> @@ -695,10 +695,13 @@ rpcauth_invalcred(struct rpc_task *task)
>  {
>  	struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_rqstp->rq_cred;
>  
> +	if (cred == NULL)
> +		return;
> +
>  	dprintk("RPC: %5u invalidating %s cred %p\n",
>  		task->tk_pid, cred->cr_auth->au_ops->au_name, cred);
> -	if (cred)
> -		clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
> +
> +	clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
>  }
>  
>  int

Do we need that check at all?

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx
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