proc: mem_release() should check mm != NULL
authorOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:14:38 +0000 (17:14 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:16:53 +0000 (11:16 -0800)
commit 71879d3cb3dd8f2dfdefb252775c1b3ea04a3dd4 upstream.

mem_release() can hit mm == NULL, add the necessary check.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

fs/proc/base.c

index 1fc1dca..a43c70a 100644 (file)
@@ -886,8 +886,8 @@ loff_t mem_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 static int mem_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
        struct mm_struct *mm = file->private_data;
-
-       mmput(mm);
+       if (mm)
+               mmput(mm);
        return 0;
 }