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Commit b992f01e authored by Naveen N Rao's avatar Naveen N Rao Committed by Michael Ellerman
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bpf: Guard against accessing NULL pt_regs in bpf_get_task_stack()

task_pt_regs() can return NULL on powerpc for kernel threads. This is
then used in __bpf_get_stack() to check for user mode, resulting in a
kernel oops. Guard against this by checking return value of
task_pt_regs() before trying to obtain the call chain.

Fixes: fa28dcb8

 ("bpf: Introduce helper bpf_get_task_stack()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.9+
Signed-off-by: default avatarNaveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d5ef83c361cc255494afd15ff1b4fb02a36e1dcf.1641468127.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com
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