[PATCH] staging: lustre: lustre: obdclass: obd_mount.c: Fix NULL dereference

[Kumar Amit Mehta]

OBD_ALLOC_PTR(uuid) invokes kmalloc, which may return NULL. This fix
adds a check before dereferencing such pointer.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Amit Mehta <gmate.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
index 4f39cdee..3c0c910 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@ int lustre_start_mgc(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	/* Random uuid for MGC allows easier reconnects */
 	OBD_ALLOC_PTR(uuid);
+	if (!uuid) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
 	ll_generate_random_uuid(uuidc);
 	class_uuid_unparse(uuidc, uuid);
 
-- 
2.1.0

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