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vmalloc: fix NULL pointer dereference in is_vm_area_hugepages()
authorHui Zhu <zhuhui@kylinos.cn>
Fri, 29 May 2026 01:41:30 +0000 (09:41 +0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 9 Jun 2026 01:21:31 +0000 (18:21 -0700)
commitc55dd3b46c1208d6d2ea737a8aefef4aa4c70cb8
treedf7a449a31396d8fdef5084326f1ed76036323ef
parentd3d58e9469008dc706863a7681fb9ae1856c8a4b
vmalloc: fix NULL pointer dereference in is_vm_area_hugepages()

find_vm_area() can return NULL if the given address is not a valid vmalloc
area.  Check the return value before dereferencing it to avoid a kernel
crash.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260529014130.671291-1-hui.zhu@linux.dev
Fixes: 121e6f3258fe ("mm/vmalloc: hugepage vmalloc mappings")
Signed-off-by: Hui Zhu <zhuhui@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/vmalloc.h