[2.6 patch] kprobe_exceptions_notify(): fix NULL dereference

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Sat Oct 27 2007 - 10:19:20 EST


This patch fixes later NULL dereferences spotted by the Coverity
checker.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

BTW: The avr32 and s390 versions of kprobe_exceptions_notify() are
not touched since they don't contain this check.

arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 +-
arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_32.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_64.c | 2 +-
5 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

b6f1241ee20dd22210f48b4100bc5055315f3808
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
index 5fd65d8..3663dfb 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -886,11 +886,11 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long val, void *data)
{
struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;

- if (args->regs && user_mode(args->regs))
+ if (args->regs || user_mode(args->regs))
return ret;

switch(val) {
case DIE_BREAK:
/* err is break number from ia64_bad_break() */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
index 5338e48..913f9cd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -474,11 +474,11 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long val, void *data)
{
struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;

- if (args->regs && user_mode(args->regs))
+ if (args->regs || user_mode(args->regs))
return ret;

switch (val) {
case DIE_BPT:
if (kprobe_handler(args->regs))
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c
index d94f901..73372b2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -391,11 +391,11 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long val, void *data)
{
struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;

- if (args->regs && user_mode(args->regs))
+ if (args->regs || user_mode(args->regs))
return ret;

switch (val) {
case DIE_DEBUG:
if (kprobe_handler(args->regs))
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_32.c
index 90f778c..fb5145e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_32.c
@@ -658,11 +658,11 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long val, void *data)
{
struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;

- if (args->regs && user_mode_vm(args->regs))
+ if (args->regs || user_mode_vm(args->regs))
return ret;

switch (val) {
case DIE_INT3:
if (kprobe_handler(args->regs))
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_64.c
index 681b801..67b0585 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes_64.c
@@ -649,11 +649,11 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_exceptions_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
unsigned long val, void *data)
{
struct die_args *args = (struct die_args *)data;
int ret = NOTIFY_DONE;

- if (args->regs && user_mode(args->regs))
+ if (args->regs || user_mode(args->regs))
return ret;

switch (val) {
case DIE_INT3:
if (kprobe_handler(args->regs))


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