From c2c77fe8df3e0322a613ba1540910632ad14d96d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernhard Walle Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:47:02 +0100 Subject: [IA64] Fix NULL-pointer dereference in ia64_machine_kexec() This patch fixes a NULL-pointer dereference in ia64_machine_kexec(). The variable ia64_kimage is set in machine_kexec_prepare() which is called from sys_kexec_load(). If kdump wasn't configured before, ia64_kimage is NULL. machine_kdump_on_init() passes ia64_kimage() to machine_kexec() which assumes a valid value. The patch also adds a few sanity checks for the image to simplify debugging of similar problems in future. Signed-off-by: Bernhard Walle Signed-off-by: Tony Luck --- arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c') diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c index 2018e62..9d92097 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c @@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *pt) static void machine_kdump_on_init(void) { + if (!ia64_kimage) { + printk(KERN_NOTICE "machine_kdump_on_init(): " + "kdump not configured\n"); + return; + } local_irq_disable(); kexec_disable_iosapic(); machine_kexec(ia64_kimage); -- cgit v1.1