[PATCH v1] libnvdimm, dax: Fix a missing check in nd_dax_probe()
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From: Yingjie Wang <[email protected]> In nd_dax_probe(), 'nd_dax' is allocated by nd_dax_alloc(). nd_dax_alloc() may fail and return NULL, so we should better check it's return value to avoid a NULL pointer dereference a bit later in the code. Fixes: c5ed9268643c ("libnvdimm, dax: autodetect support") Signed-off-by: Yingjie Wang <[email protected]> --- drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c index 99965077bac4..b1426ac03f01 100644 --- a/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ int nd_dax_probe(struct device *dev, struct nd_namespace_common *ndns) nvdimm_bus_lock(&ndns->dev); nd_dax = nd_dax_alloc(nd_region); + if (!nd_dax) + return -ENOMEM; nd_pfn = &nd_dax->nd_pfn; dax_dev = nd_pfn_devinit(nd_pfn, ndns); nvdimm_bus_unlock(&ndns->dev); -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ Linux-nvdimm mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]