From: Yufen Yu <yuyufen@xxxxxxxxxx> commit ee37e62191a59d253fc916b9fc763deb777211e2 upstream. When doing re-add, we need to ensure rdev->mddev->pers is not NULL, which can avoid potential NULL pointer derefence in fallowing add_bound_rdev(). Fixes: a6da4ef85cef ("md: re-add a failed disk") Cc: Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.4+ Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yufen Yu <yuyufen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/md.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -2690,8 +2690,10 @@ state_store(struct md_rdev *rdev, const err = 0; } } else if (cmd_match(buf, "re-add")) { - if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && (rdev->raid_disk == -1) && - rdev->saved_raid_disk >= 0) { + if (!rdev->mddev->pers) + err = -EINVAL; + else if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && (rdev->raid_disk == -1) && + rdev->saved_raid_disk >= 0) { /* clear_bit is performed _after_ all the devices * have their local Faulty bit cleared. If any writes * happen in the meantime in the local node, they