Function eeh_event_handler() dereferences the pointer returned by
handle_eeh_events() without checking, causing a crash if NULL was
returned, which is expected in some situations.
This patch fixes this bug by checking for the value returned by
handle_eeh_events() before dereferencing it.
Signed-off-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleb...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
index 4cb375c..fb50631 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_event.c
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ static int eeh_event_handler(void * dummy)
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); /* Don't add to load average */
edev = handle_eeh_events(event);
- eeh_clear_slot(eeh_dev_to_of_node(edev), EEH_MODE_RECOVERING);
- pci_dev_put(edev->pdev);
+ if (edev) {
+ eeh_clear_slot(eeh_dev_to_of_node(edev), EEH_MODE_RECOVERING);
+ pci_dev_put(edev->pdev);
+ }
kfree(event);
mutex_unlock(&eeh_event_mutex);
--
1.7.1
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