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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 08/16] objtool: Fix SEGFAULT
On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 11:22:15AM +0530, Sathvika Vasireddy wrote:
> From: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
>
> find_insn() will return NULL in case of failure. Check insn in order
> to avoid a kernel Oops for NULL pointer dereference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
> ---
> tools/objtool/check.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
> index 91678252a9b6..ed2fdfeb1d9c 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/check.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
> @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static bool __dead_end_function(struct objtool_file *file, struct symbol *func,
> return false;
>
> insn = find_insn(file, func->sec, func->offset);
> - if (!insn->func)
> + if (!insn || !insn->func)
> return false;

I suppose this is ok, but how can the lookup for func->sec, func->offset
*not* find an instruction ?!

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