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    nilfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in nilfs_load_super_block() · d7178c79
    Ryusuke Konishi authored
    According to the report from Slicky Devil, nilfs caused kernel oops at
    nilfs_load_super_block function during mount after he shrank the
    partition without resizing the filesystem:
    
     BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000048
     IP: [<d0d7a08e>] nilfs_load_super_block+0x17e/0x280 [nilfs2]
     *pde = 00000000
     Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
     ...
     Call Trace:
      [<d0d7a87b>] init_nilfs+0x4b/0x2e0 [nilfs2]
      [<d0d6f707>] nilfs_mount+0x447/0x5b0 [nilfs2]
      [<c0226636>] mount_fs+0x36/0x180
      [<c023d961>] vfs_kern_mount+0x51/0xa0
      [<c023ddae>] do_kern_mount+0x3e/0xe0
      [<c023f189>] do_mount+0x169/0x700
      [<c023fa9b>] sys_mount+0x6b/0xa0
      [<c04abd1f>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28
     Code: 53 18 8b 43 20 89 4b 18 8b 4b 24 89 53 1c 89 43 24 89 4b 20 8b 43
     20 c7 43 2c 00 00 00 00 23 75 e8 8b 50 68 89 53 28 8b 54 b3 20 <8b> 72
     48 8b 7a 4c 8b 55 08 89 b3 84 00 00 00 89 bb 88 00 00 00
     EIP: [<d0d7a08e>] nilfs_load_super_block+0x17e/0x280 [nilfs2] SS:ESP 0068:ca9bbdcc
    
    
     CR2: 0000000000000048
    
    This turned out due to a defect in an error path which runs if the
    calculated location of the secondary super block was invalid.
    
    This patch fixes it and eliminates the reported oops.
    
    Reported-by: default avatarSlicky Devil <slicky.dvl@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRyusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
    Tested-by: default avatarSlicky Devil <slicky.dvl@gmail.com>
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>	[2.6.30+]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    d7178c79