mirror of
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
synced 2026-09-22 09:34:56 +02:00
David Gibson
5b73d6347e
resize_hpt_release(), called once the HPT resize of a KVM guest is completed (successfully or unsuccessfully) frees the state structure for the resize. It is currently not safe to call with a NULL pointer. However, one of the error paths in kvm_vm_ioctl_resize_hpt_commit() can invoke it with a NULL pointer. This will occur if userspace improperly invokes KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT without previously calling KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE, or if it calls COMMIT twice without an intervening PREPARE. To fix this potential crash bug - and maybe others like it, make it safe (and a no-op) to call resize_hpt_release() with a NULL resize pointer. Found by Dan Carpenter with a static checker. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.