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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix for possible null pointer dereference in auth.c
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On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Rickard Strandqvist
<rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se> wrote:
> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
>
> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
> ---
> net/sunrpc/auth.c | 10 +++++++---
> 1 fil ändrad, 7 tillägg(+), 3 borttagningar(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> index 5285ead..3a55698 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
> @@ -801,10 +801,14 @@ rpcauth_invalcred(struct rpc_task *task)
> {
> struct rpc_cred *cred = task->tk_rqstp->rq_cred;
>
> - dprintk("RPC: %5u invalidating %s cred %p\n",
> - task->tk_pid, cred->cr_auth->au_ops->au_name, cred);
> - if (cred)
> + if (cred) {
> + dprintk("RPC: %5u invalidating %s cred %p\n",
> + task->tk_pid, cred->cr_auth->au_ops->au_name, cred);
> +
> clear_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags);
> + }
> + else
> + dprintk("RPC: %5u invalidating is NULL\n", task->tk_pid);
> }
>
>

Can you please explain how we can get to rpcauth_invalcred() without a
valid cred pointer? I'm not seeing it...

Cheers
Trond
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