Re: [RFC PATCH V3 1/2] null_blk: Null pointer deference problem in alloc_page_buffers

[Matias Bjorling <m@bjorling.me>]

On 01/21/2014 03:29 AM, Raghavendra K T wrote:
>  If we load the null_blk module with bs=8k we get following oops:
> [ 3819.812190] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008
> [ 3819.812387] IP: [<ffffffff81170aa5>] create_empty_buffers+0x28/0xaf
> [ 3819.812527] PGD 219244067 PUD 215a06067 PMD 0
> [ 3819.812640] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> [ 3819.812772] Modules linked in: null_blk(+)
> 
>  Fix that by resetting block size to PAGE_SIZE if it is greater than PAGE_SIZE
> 
> Reported-by: Sumanth <sumantk2@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/block/null_blk.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
> index a2e69d2..a01d7f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
> @@ -622,6 +622,11 @@ static int __init null_init(void)
>  		irqmode = NULL_IRQ_NONE;
>  	}
>  #endif
> +	if (bs > PAGE_SIZE) {
> +		pr_warn("null_blk: invalid block size\n");
> +		pr_warn("null_blk: defaults block size to %lu\n", PAGE_SIZE);
> +		bs = PAGE_SIZE;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (queue_mode == NULL_Q_MQ && use_per_node_hctx) {
>  		if (submit_queues < nr_online_nodes) {
> 

Reviewed-by: Matias Bjorling <m@bjorling.me>