[PATCH v2] powerpc/pseries/papr-hvpipe: fix NULL dereference in handle creation

[Ritesh Harjani (IBM)]

Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244 at gmail.com> writes:

> papr_hvpipe_dev_create_handle() transfers ownership of src_info with
> retain_and_null_ptr(src_info) after anon_inode_getfile() succeeds.
> However, retain_and_null_ptr() clears src_info immediately, and the
> function then still dereferences src_info in the subsequent list_add().
>
> Store the transferred pointer in a separate variable and use that for
> the list insertion.
>
> Manually identified during code review.

Thanks. Although the fix for this and bunch of other fixes & cleanups
were already queued up for review in here [1].

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1775648406.git.ritesh.list@gmail.com/

-ritesh