Re: [PATCH v2] md/raid5: fix possible null-pointer dereferences in raid5_store_group_thread_cnt()

From: Yu Kuai
Date: Fri Dec 26 2025 - 20:54:15 EST


在 2025/12/25 21:03, Tuo Li 写道:

> The variable mddev->private is first assigned to conf and then checked:
>
> conf = mddev->private;
> if (!conf) ...
>
> If conf is NULL, then mddev->private is also NULL. In this case,
> null-pointer dereferences can occur when calling raid5_quiesce():
>
> raid5_quiesce(mddev, true);
> raid5_quiesce(mddev, false);
>
> since mddev->private is assigned to conf again in raid5_quiesce(), and conf
> is dereferenced in several places, for example:
>
> conf->quiesce = 0;
> wake_up(&conf->wait_for_quiescent);
>
> To fix this issue, the function should unlock mddev and return before
> invoking raid5_quiesce() when conf is NULL, following the existing pattern
> in raid5_change_consistency_policy().
>
> Fixes: fa1944bbe622 ("md/raid5: Wait sync io to finish before changing group cnt")
> Signed-off-by: Tuo Li<islituo@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> * Move the NULL check and early return ahead of the first call to
> raid5_quiesce().
> Thanks to Yu Kuai for helpful advice.
> ---
> drivers/md/raid5.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Applied to md-6.19

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Thansk,
Kuai