[Devel] [PATCH vz10 v2 2/2] dm-ploop: fix NULL deref in ploop_destroy() when ploop_ctr() failed early
Konstantin Khorenko
khorenko at virtuozzo.com
Wed Aug 19 19:56:29 MSK 2026
ploop_ctr() can fail early on setting up the ploop->kt_allocator,
so ploop_destroy() must check it for NULL before dereferencing.
Fixes: 9429d1119a69 ("dm-ploop: make filespace preallocations async")
Feature: dm-ploop: ploop target driver
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-137234
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khorenko <khorenko at virtuozzo.com>
Reviewed-by: Pavel Tikhomirov <ptikhomirov at virtuozzo.com>
---
drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
index 7dab95402def7..3b589579741c6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ static void ploop_destroy(struct ploop *ploop)
/* waits for the thread to stop */
kthread_stop(ploop->kt_worker->task);
- kthread_stop(ploop->kt_allocator->task);
+ /* kt_allocator may be NULL if ploop_ctr() failed early */
+ if (ploop->kt_allocator)
+ kthread_stop(ploop->kt_allocator->task);
WARN_ON(!llist_empty(&ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_PREPARE]));
WARN_ON(!llist_empty(&ploop->llresubmit_pios));
--
2.43.0
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