Commit 350eaf791bebccb9ad5999351f3e328319545f03

Authored by Tetsuo Handa
Committed by Linus Torvalds
1 parent 26e5438e4b

do_coredump(): check return from argv_split()

do_coredump() accesses helper_argv[0] without checking helper_argv !=
NULL.  This can happen if page allocation failed.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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1770 1770  
1771 1771 if (ispipe) {
1772 1772 helper_argv = argv_split(GFP_KERNEL, corename+1, &helper_argc);
  1773 + if (!helper_argv) {
  1774 + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s failed to allocate memory\n",
  1775 + __func__);
  1776 + goto fail_unlock;
  1777 + }
1773 1778 /* Terminate the string before the first option */
1774 1779 delimit = strchr(corename, ' ');
1775 1780 if (delimit)