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From: Abderrahmane Benbachir <abderrahmane.benbachir@polymtl.ca>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	keescook@chromium.org, jeyu@redhat.com, rostedt@goodmis.org,
	mhocko@suse.com, viresh.kumar@linaro.org,
	thomas.lendacky@amd.com
Subject: [PATCH] init/main.c: check for null pointer before calling initcall
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:47:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1509122847.11787.5.camel@polymtl.ca> (raw)

Simple check to prevent kernel panic when initcall does not exit

Signed-off-by: Abderrahmane Benbachir <abderrahmane.benbachir@polymtl.ca>
---
 init/main.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 0ee9c6866ada..220fd2822b61 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -817,6 +817,9 @@ int __init_or_module do_one_initcall(initcall_t fn)
 	int ret;
 	char msgbuf[64];
 
+	if (unlikely(!fn))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	if (initcall_blacklisted(fn))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-- 
2.11.0

             reply	other threads:[~2017-10-27 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-27 16:47 Abderrahmane Benbachir [this message]
2017-10-27 18:02 ` [PATCH] init/main.c: check for null pointer before calling initcall David Daney
2017-10-27 18:22   ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-10-27 18:26     ` David Daney
2017-10-27 18:53       ` Abderrahmane Benbachir
2017-10-27 18:59         ` David Daney
2017-10-27 19:43         ` Thomas Gleixner

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