[parisc-linux] [PATCH] fix possible null ptr deref in kallsyms_lookup
Kyle McMartin
kyle at parisc-linux.org
Wed May 30 00:43:16 MDT 2007
ugh, this function gets called by our unwinder. recursive backtrace for
the win... bisection to find this one was "fun."
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle at parisc-linux.org>
---
commit ffb45122766db220d0bf3d01848d575fbbcb6430 removed our modname
arg since it was otherwise unused, but i was not cc'd on the patch :/
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index f1bda23..fed5441 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ const char *kallsyms_lookup(unsigned long addr,
pos = get_symbol_pos(addr, symbolsize, offset);
/* Grab name */
kallsyms_expand_symbol(get_symbol_offset(pos), namebuf);
- *modname = NULL;
+ if (modname)
+ *modname = NULL;
return namebuf;
}
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