From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> If the kzalloc() in binder_get_thread() fails, binder_poll() dereferences the resulting NULL pointer. Fix it by returning POLLERR if the memory allocation failed. This bug was found by syzkaller using fault injection. Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 457b9a6f09f0 ("Staging: android: add binder driver") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/android/binder.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c index abf05aa..ed23507 100644 --- a/drivers/android/binder.c +++ b/drivers/android/binder.c @@ -4289,6 +4289,8 @@ static unsigned int binder_poll(struct file *filp, bool wait_for_proc_work; thread = binder_get_thread(proc); + if (!thread) + return POLLERR; binder_inner_proc_lock(thread->proc); thread->looper |= BINDER_LOOPER_STATE_POLL; -- 2.7.4