From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Riyan Dhiman <riyandhiman14@gmail.com>
Cc: hch@lst.de, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 08:47:04 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <172615242499.556162.4004565592803835809.b4-ty@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240911132954.5874-1-riyandhiman14@gmail.com>
On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:59:54 +0530, Riyan Dhiman wrote:
> The blk_add_partition() function initially used a single if-condition
> (IS_ERR(part)) to check for errors when adding a partition. This was
> modified to handle the specific case of -ENXIO separately, allowing the
> function to proceed without logging the error in this case. However,
> this change unintentionally left a path where md_autodetect_dev()
> could be called without confirming that part is a valid pointer.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition
commit: 26e197b7f9240a4ac301dd0ad520c0c697c2ea7d
Best regards,
--
Jens Axboe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-09-12 14:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-11 13:29 Riyan Dhiman
2024-09-12 6:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-09-12 14:47 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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