From: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> In some specific situation, the return value of __bch_btree_node_alloc may be NULL. This may lead to poential NULL pointer dereference in caller function like a calling chaion : btree_split->bch_btree_node_alloc->__bch_btree_node_alloc. Fix it by initialize return value in __bch_btree_node_alloc before return. 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> --- drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c index 7c21e54468bf..0ddf91204782 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c @@ -1090,10 +1090,12 @@ 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; -- 2.35.3