[PATCH v2] ext4: fix NULL pointer dereference from orig_data in fill_super and remount.

From: Namjae Jeon
Date: Mon Nov 07 2011 - 09:02:09 EST


Fix NULL pointer dereference from orig_data in fill_super and remount.

Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/super.c | 7 ++++++-
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9953d80..717b3e8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3102,7 +3102,6 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
__releases(kernel_lock)
__acquires(kernel_lock)
{
- char *orig_data = kstrdup(data, GFP_KERNEL);
struct buffer_head *bh;
struct ext4_super_block *es = NULL;
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
@@ -3125,6 +3124,10 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
unsigned int journal_ioprio = DEFAULT_JOURNAL_IOPRIO;
ext4_group_t first_not_zeroed;

+ char *orig_data = kstrdup(data, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!orig_data)
+ return ret;
+
sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!sbi)
goto out_free_orig;
@@ -4398,6 +4401,8 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
int i;
#endif
char *orig_data = kstrdup(data, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!orig_data)
+ return -ENOMEM;

/* Store the original options */
lock_super(sb);
--
1.7.4.4

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