[PATCH 4.2 032/110] x86/ioapic: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in setup_ioapic_dest()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Nov 06 2015 - 14:22:36 EST


4.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Werner Pawlitschko <werner.pawlitschko@xxxxxxxx>

commit ababae44108b0e94b58eef6cb5bd830bd040a47f upstream.

Commit 4857c91f0d19 changed the way how irq affinity is setup in
setup_ioapic_dest() from using the core helper function to
unconditionally calling the irq_set_affinity() callback of the
underlying irq chip.

That results in a NULL pointer dereference for the rare case where the
underlying irq chip is lapic_chip which has no irq_set_affinity()
callback. lapic_chip is occasionally used for the timer interrupt (irq
0).

The fix is simple: Check the availability of the callback instead of
calling it unconditionally.

Fixes: 4857c91f0d19 "x86/ioapic: Force affinity setting in setup_ioapic_dest()"
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -2547,7 +2547,9 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_dest(void)
mask = apic->target_cpus();

chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(idata);
- chip->irq_set_affinity(idata, mask, false);
+ /* Might be lapic_chip for irq 0 */
+ if (chip->irq_set_affinity)
+ chip->irq_set_affinity(idata, mask, false);
}
}
#endif


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