trace_events_hist: add check for return value of 'create_hist_field'
authorNatalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:04:09 +0000 (15:04 +0300)
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:19:36 +0000 (18:19 -0500)
commit8b152e9150d07a885f95e1fd401fc81af202d9a4
tree5787b6475acc7debb27187745182b92f7567a825
parent685b64e4d6da4be8b4595654a57db663b3d1dfc2
trace_events_hist: add check for return value of 'create_hist_field'

Function 'create_hist_field' is called recursively at
trace_events_hist.c:1954 and can return NULL-value that's why we have
to check it to avoid null pointer dereference.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230111120409.4111-1-n.petrova@fintech.ru
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 30350d65ac56 ("tracing: Add variable support to hist triggers")
Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@fintech.ru>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c