From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay.sgi.com (relay2.corp.sgi.com [137.38.102.29]) by oss.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D218A7F52 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:08:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda2.sgi.com [192.48.176.25]) by relay2.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2D21304048 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:08:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sandeen.net (sandeen.net [63.231.237.45]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id ZzpDxJJ9RDyT0Qvp for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5271672C.7070101@sandeen.net> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:08:12 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: fix possible NULL dereference References: <20131021231849.GL10553@sgi.com> <20131021235601.GG4446@dastard> <5265C03B.50701@sandeen.net> <20131022001732.GI4446@dastard> <20131022203946.GB2797@dastard> <5266E4BD.8030601@sandeen.net> <20131022210300.GC2797@dastard> <5266EBF0.901@sandeen.net> <20131023203435.GR1935@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20131023203435.GR1935@sgi.com> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Ben Myers , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Geyslan_Greg=F3rio_Bem?= Cc: Alex Elder , open list , XFS FILESYSTEM On 10/23/13 3:34 PM, Ben Myers wrote: > xfs: fix possible NULL dereference in xlog_verify_iclog > > In xlog_verify_iclog a debug check of the incore log buffers prints an > error if icptr is null and then goes on to dereference the pointer > regardless. Convert this to an assert so that the intention is clear. > This was reported by Coverty. > > Reported-by: Geyslan G. Bem > Signed-off-by: Ben Myers Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen > --- > fs/xfs/xfs_log.c | 8 +++----- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > Index: b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c > =================================================================== > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c 2013-10-23 14:52:47.875216875 -0500 > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c 2013-10-23 14:53:53.775245830 -0500 > @@ -3714,11 +3714,9 @@ xlog_verify_iclog( > /* check validity of iclog pointers */ > spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock); > icptr = log->l_iclog; > - for (i=0; i < log->l_iclog_bufs; i++) { > - if (icptr == NULL) > - xfs_emerg(log->l_mp, "%s: invalid ptr", __func__); > - icptr = icptr->ic_next; > - } > + for (i=0; i < log->l_iclog_bufs; i++, icptr = icptr->ic_next) > + ASSERT(icptr); > + > if (icptr != log->l_iclog) > xfs_emerg(log->l_mp, "%s: corrupt iclog ring", __func__); > spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock); > > _______________________________________________ > xfs mailing list > xfs@oss.sgi.com > http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs > _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs