[PATCH] ceph: fix possible NULL pointer dereference
From: Mariusz Kozlowski
Date: Sat Mar 26 2011 - 14:29:47 EST
This patch fixes 'event_work' dereference before it is checked for NULL.
Signed-off-by: Mariusz Kozlowski <mk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ceph/osd_client.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ceph/osd_client.c b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
index 02212ed..b6776cb 100644
--- a/net/ceph/osd_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/osd_client.c
@@ -1602,11 +1602,11 @@ void handle_watch_notify(struct ceph_osd_client *osdc, struct ceph_msg *msg)
cookie, ver, event);
if (event) {
event_work = kmalloc(sizeof(*event_work), GFP_NOIO);
- INIT_WORK(&event_work->work, do_event_work);
if (!event_work) {
dout("ERROR: could not allocate event_work\n");
goto done_err;
}
+ INIT_WORK(&event_work->work, do_event_work);
event_work->event = event;
event_work->ver = ver;
event_work->notify_id = notify_id;
--
1.7.0.4
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