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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-10-28 08:10:47 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-10-28 08:10:47 -1000
commit4714de03329810b9ac57762b6bfdb73b123fedd5 (patch)
tree03894e3e4de87311d6da92ac78d351da81c3e91d
parent51a7691038c334db81b736faa6b4cc4778e751fc (diff)
parenta71ef31485bb51b846e8db8b3a35e432cc15afb5 (diff)
Merge tag 'perf-urgent-2023-10-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf event fix from Ingo Molnar: "Fix a potential NULL dereference bug" * tag 'perf-urgent-2023-10-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: perf/core: Fix potential NULL deref
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d0663b9324e7..a2f2a9525d72 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -13372,7 +13372,8 @@ static int inherit_group(struct perf_event *parent_event,
!perf_get_aux_event(child_ctr, leader))
return -EINVAL;
}
- leader->group_generation = parent_event->group_generation;
+ if (leader)
+ leader->group_generation = parent_event->group_generation;
return 0;
}