This patch fixes the bug in reset_store caused by accessing NULL pointer. The bdev gets its value from bdget_disk() which could fail when memory pressure is severe and hence can return NULL because allocation of inode in bdget could fail. Hence, this patch introduces a check for bdev to prevent reference to a NULL pointer in the later part of the code. It also removes unnecessary check of bdev for fsync_bdev(). Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Acked-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rashika Kheria <rashika.kheria@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c index 2c4ed52..012ba15 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c @@ -648,6 +648,9 @@ static ssize_t reset_store(struct device *dev, zram = dev_to_zram(dev); bdev = bdget_disk(zram->disk, 0); + if (!bdev) + return -ENOMEM; + /* Do not reset an active device! */ if (bdev->bd_holders) return -EBUSY; @@ -660,8 +663,7 @@ static ssize_t reset_store(struct device *dev, return -EINVAL; /* Make sure all pending I/O is finished */ - if (bdev) - fsync_bdev(bdev); + fsync_bdev(bdev); zram_reset_device(zram, true); return len; -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html