[PATCH] x86: uv: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference of kmalloc_node

From: Aditya Pakki
Date: Sat Mar 02 2019 - 16:09:21 EST


kmalloc_node might fail to allocate memory for thp field. This fix
attempts to avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
index a4130b84d1ff..5a6d51e30a36 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
@@ -2011,6 +2011,9 @@ static void make_per_cpu_thp(struct bau_control *smaster)
size_t hpsz = sizeof(struct hub_and_pnode) * num_possible_cpus();

smaster->thp = kmalloc_node(hpsz, GFP_KERNEL, smaster->osnode);
+ if (!smaster->thp)
+ return;
+
memset(smaster->thp, 0, hpsz);
for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
smaster->thp[cpu].pnode = uv_cpu_hub_info(cpu)->pnode;
--
2.17.1