[PATCH] mmap: check ->vm_ops before dereferencing

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Mon Apr 26 2010 - 13:00:10 EST


Check whether the VMA has a vm_ops before calling close, just
like we check vm_ops before calling open a few dozen lines
higher up in the function.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index f90ea92..456ec6f 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1977,7 +1977,8 @@ static int __split_vma(struct mm_struct * mm, struct vm_area_struct * vma,
return 0;

/* Clean everything up if vma_adjust failed. */
- new->vm_ops->close(new);
+ if (new->vm_ops && new->vm_ops->close)
+ new->vm_ops->close(new);
if (new->vm_file) {
if (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXECUTABLE)
removed_exe_file_vma(mm);

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