[PATCH v2] mm/vmalloc: fix the unchecked dereference warning in vread_iter()

From: Baoquan He
Date: Wed Oct 18 2023 - 10:50:14 EST


LKP reported smatch warning as below:

===================
smatch warnings:
mm/vmalloc.c:3689 vread_iter() error: we previously assumed 'vm' could be null (see line 3667)
......
06c8994626d1b7 @3667 size = vm ? get_vm_area_size(vm) : va_size(va);
......
06c8994626d1b7 @3689 else if (!(vm->flags & VM_IOREMAP))
^^^^^^^^^
Unchecked dereference
=====================

This is not a real-time bug because the possible null 'vm' in the pointed
place could only happen when flags == VMAP_BLOCK. However, the case
'flags == VMAP_BLOCK' should never happen and has been detected with WARN_ON.
Please check vm_map_ram() implementation and the earlier checking in
vread_iter() at below:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/*
* VMAP_BLOCK indicates a sub-type of vm_map_ram area, need
* be set together with VMAP_RAM.
*/
WARN_ON(flags == VMAP_BLOCK);

if (!vm && !flags)
continue;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So add checking on whether 'vm' could be null when dereferencing it in
vread_iter(). This mutes smatch complaint.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202310171600.WCrsOwFj-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1->v2:
- Update patch log to state that it's not a realtime bug as Andrew
suggested.

mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index aad48ed8d86b..2cc992392db7 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3813,7 +3813,7 @@ long vread_iter(struct iov_iter *iter, const char *addr, size_t count)

if (flags & VMAP_RAM)
copied = vmap_ram_vread_iter(iter, addr, n, flags);
- else if (!(vm->flags & VM_IOREMAP))
+ else if (!(vm && (vm->flags & VM_IOREMAP)))
copied = aligned_vread_iter(iter, addr, n);
else /* IOREMAP area is treated as memory hole */
copied = zero_iter(iter, n);
--
2.41.0