From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, netfs@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6.13] fs/netfs/read_collect: fix crash due to uninitialized `prev` variable
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:53:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3978182.1739537619@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250211093432.3524035-1-max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com> wrote:
> When checking whether the edges of adjacent subrequests touch, the
> `prev` variable is deferenced, but it might not have been initialized.
> This causes crashes like this one:
>
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000181343843
> ...
>
> Fixes: ee4cdf7ba857 ("netfs: Speed up buffered reading")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-14 12:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-11 9:34 [PATCH v6.13] fs/netfs/read_collect: fix crash due to uninitialized `prev` variable Max Kellermann
2025-02-11 9:36 ` kernel test robot
2025-02-14 12:53 ` David Howells [this message]
2025-02-14 12:57 ` Max Kellermann
2025-02-14 13:03 ` David Howells
2025-02-14 13:08 ` Max Kellermann
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