From: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@xxxxxxxxxx> Function 'create_hist_field' is called recursively at trace_events_hist.c:1954 and can return NULL-value that's why we have to check it to avoid null pointer dereference. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230111120409.4111-1-n.petrova@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 30350d65ac56 ("tracing: Add variable support to hist triggers") Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c index fcaf226b7744..5edbf6b1da3f 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -1988,6 +1988,8 @@ static struct hist_field *create_hist_field(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data, hist_field->fn_num = flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_LOG2 ? HIST_FIELD_FN_LOG2 : HIST_FIELD_FN_BUCKET; hist_field->operands[0] = create_hist_field(hist_data, field, fl, NULL); + if (!hist_field->operands[0]) + goto free; hist_field->size = hist_field->operands[0]->size; hist_field->type = kstrdup_const(hist_field->operands[0]->type, GFP_KERNEL); if (!hist_field->type) -- 2.39.0