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With below two cases, it will cause NULL pointer dereference when accessing SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info in f2fs_issue_flush(). a) If kthread_run() fails in f2fs_create_flush_cmd_control(), it will release SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info, - mount -o noflush_merge /dev/vda /mnt/f2fs - mount -o remount,flush_merge /dev/vda /mnt/f2fs -- kthread_run() fails - dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/f2fs/file bs=4k count=1 conv=fsync b) we will never allocate memory for SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info w/ below testcase, - mount -o ro /dev/vda /mnt/f2fs - mount -o rw,remount /dev/vda /mnt/f2fs - dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/f2fs/file bs=4k count=1 conv=fsync In order to fix this issue, let change as below: - fix error path handling in f2fs_create_flush_cmd_control(). - allocate SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info even if readonly is on. Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.