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block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition
authorRiyan Dhiman <riyandhiman14@gmail.com>
Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:29:54 +0000 (18:59 +0530)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:10:48 +0000 (15:10 +0200)
commitcc4d21d9492db4e534d3e01253cf885c90dd2a8b
tree2be7e513e0b387d132d89eb97ea1bc4489d16031
parenta894cf7efda063c7e92433f0da168ad78d4ea0dd
block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition

[ Upstream commit 26e197b7f9240a4ac301dd0ad520c0c697c2ea7d ]

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.

This commit separates the error handling logic by splitting the
initial if-condition, improving code readability and handling specific
error scenarios explicitly. The function now distinguishes the general
error case from -ENXIO without altering the existing behavior of
md_autodetect_dev() calls.

Fixes: b72053072c0b (block: allow partitions on host aware zone devices)
Signed-off-by: Riyan Dhiman <riyandhiman14@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240911132954.5874-1-riyandhiman14@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
block/partitions/core.c