This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
bcache: Fix __bch_btree_node_alloc to make the failure behavior consistent
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
bcache-fix-__bch_btree_node_alloc-to-make-the-failur.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit e075a8c7d61347356b8a9039538681636d16cf96
Author: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jun 15 20:12:22 2023 +0800
bcache: Fix __bch_btree_node_alloc to make the failure behavior consistent
[ Upstream commit 80fca8a10b604afad6c14213fdfd816c4eda3ee4 ]
In some specific situations, the return value of __bch_btree_node_alloc
may be NULL. This may lead to a potential NULL pointer dereference in
caller function like a calling chain :
btree_split->bch_btree_node_alloc->__bch_btree_node_alloc.
Fix it by initializing the return value in __bch_btree_node_alloc.
Fixes: cafe56359144 ("bcache: A block layer cache")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230615121223.22502-6-colyli@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index df33062746304..cc0c1f2bba45c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -1137,10 +1137,12 @@ struct btree *__bch_btree_node_alloc(struct cache_set *c, struct btree_op *op,
struct btree *parent)
{
BKEY_PADDED(key) k;
- struct btree *b = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+ struct btree *b;
mutex_lock(&c->bucket_lock);
retry:
+ /* return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN) when it fails */
+ b = ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
if (__bch_bucket_alloc_set(c, RESERVE_BTREE, &k.key, wait))
goto err;
