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[5.8,169/186] dm cache metadata: Avoid returning cmd->bm wild pointer on error

Message ID 20200908152249.851847413@linuxfoundation.org
State Superseded
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Series None | expand

Commit Message

Greg Kroah-Hartman Sept. 8, 2020, 3:25 p.m. UTC 
From: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>

commit d16ff19e69ab57e08bf908faaacbceaf660249de upstream.

Maybe __create_persistent_data_objects() caller will use PTR_ERR as a
pointer, it will lead to some strange things.

Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -537,12 +537,16 @@  static int __create_persistent_data_obje
 					  CACHE_MAX_CONCURRENT_LOCKS);
 	if (IS_ERR(cmd->bm)) {
 		DMERR("could not create block manager");
-		return PTR_ERR(cmd->bm);
+		r = PTR_ERR(cmd->bm);
+		cmd->bm = NULL;
+		return r;
 	}
 
 	r = __open_or_format_metadata(cmd, may_format_device);
-	if (r)
+	if (r) {
 		dm_block_manager_destroy(cmd->bm);
+		cmd->bm = NULL;
+	}
 
 	return r;
 }