The patch titled
null dereference in fs/jbd/journal.c
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
null-dereference-in-fs-jbd-journalc.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: null dereference in fs/jbd/journal.c
From: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@xxxxxx>
Since commit d1807793e1e7e502e3dc047115e9dbc3b50e4534 we dereference a NULL
pointer. Coverity id #1432. We set journal to NULL, and use it directly
afterwards.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/jbd/journal.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN fs/jbd/journal.c~null-dereference-in-fs-jbd-journalc fs/jbd/journal.c
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c~null-dereference-in-fs-jbd-journalc
+++ a/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ journal_t * journal_init_dev(struct bloc
__FUNCTION__);
kfree(journal);
journal = NULL;
+ goto out;
}
journal->j_dev = bdev;
journal->j_fs_dev = fs_dev;
@@ -735,7 +736,7 @@ journal_t * journal_init_dev(struct bloc
J_ASSERT(bh != NULL);
journal->j_sb_buffer = bh;
journal->j_superblock = (journal_superblock_t *)bh->b_data;
-
+out:
return journal;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from snakebyte@xxxxxx are
origin.patch
reiserfs-null-pointer-dereferencing-in-reiserfs_read_bitmap_block.patch
null-dereference-in-fs-jbd-journalc.patch
remove-unnecessary-check-in-drivers-video-intelfb-intelfbhwc.patch
remove-unnecessary-check-in-drivers-net-depcac.patch
off-by-one-in-arch-ppc-platforms-mpc8.patch
remove-unnecessary-check-in-drivers-scsi-sgc.patch
dereference-in-drivers-scsi-lpfc-lpfc_ctc.patch
memory-leak-in-drivers-usb-serial-airprimec.patch
possible-dereference-in-drivers-net-wireless-zd1201c.patch
remove-unnecessary-check-in-fs-fat-inodec.patch
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