Bug 1640794

Summary:	dmeventd_vdo.c has code path that can dereference NULL
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Joe Shimkus <jshimkus>
Component:	kmod-kvdo	Assignee:	Joe Shimkus <jshimkus>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jakub Krysl <jkrysl>
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Version:	7.7	CC:	awalsh, bgurney, jkrysl, rhandlin
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Last Closed:	2019-08-06 13:08:20 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Joe Shimkus 2018-10-18 18:53:11 UTC

Description of problem:
In register_device() if the pool allocation fails the state variable will remain NULL and the code will attempt to deference it.

Comment 3 Jakub Krysl 2019-05-31 13:35:54 UTC

Regression testing could not find any issues.
kernel-3.10.0-1048.el7.x86_64
vdo-6.1.2.41-4.el7.x86_64
kmod-kvdo-6.1.2.41-5.el7.x86_64

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 13:08:20 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2233