[PATCH] mm: add missing alloc_percpu() NULL check in hotplug init

From: Hongfu Li

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 01:30:57 EST


From: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@xxxxxxxxxx>

No NULL check is done for alloc_percpu() when initializing per-CPU
nodestats. Allocation failure leads to NULL pointer dereference
during later memset.

Make function return int, check alloc_percpu() result and return
-ENOMEM on error. The caller chain already propagates this error
correctly.

Signed-off-by: Hongfu Li <lihongfu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 2 +-
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 3 ++-
mm/mm_init.c | 14 +++++++++++---
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
index 7c9d66729c60..f04b915678db 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static inline void __remove_memory(u64 start, u64 size) {}
/* Default online_type (MMOP_*) when new memory blocks are added. */
extern enum mmop mhp_get_default_online_type(void);
extern void mhp_set_default_online_type(enum mmop online_type);
-extern void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat);
+extern int __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat);
extern int __add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags);
extern int add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size, mhp_t mhp_flags);
extern int add_memory_resource(int nid, struct resource *resource,
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 7ac19fab2263..8b137328dcf0 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,8 @@ static pg_data_t *hotadd_init_pgdat(int nid)
pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);

/* init node's zones as empty zones, we don't have any present pages.*/
- free_area_init_core_hotplug(pgdat);
+ if (free_area_init_core_hotplug(pgdat))
+ return NULL;

/*
* The node we allocated has no zone fallback lists. For avoiding
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index 0f64909e8d20..24770947a66f 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ void __init set_pageblock_order(void)
* NOTE: this function is only called during memory hotplug
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
-void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
+int __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
{
int nid = pgdat->node_id;
enum zone_type z;
@@ -1544,8 +1544,14 @@ void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat)

pgdat_init_internals(pgdat);

- if (pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats == &boot_nodestats)
- pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats = alloc_percpu(struct per_cpu_nodestat);
+ if (pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats == &boot_nodestats) {
+ struct per_cpu_nodestat __percpu *new;
+
+ new = alloc_percpu(struct per_cpu_nodestat);
+ if (!new)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ pgdat->per_cpu_nodestats = new;
+ }

/*
* Reset the nr_zones, order and highest_zoneidx before reuse.
@@ -1576,6 +1582,8 @@ void __ref free_area_init_core_hotplug(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
zone->present_pages = 0;
zone_init_internals(zone, z, nid, 0);
}
+
+ return 0;
}
#endif

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2.54.0