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8b152e9150d07a885f95e1fd401fc81af202d9a4 upstream.
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: 6ac0075044a9 ("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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
hist_field->fn_num = flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_LOG2 ? HIST_FIELD_FN_LOG2 :
HIST_FIELD_FN_BUCKET;
hist_field->operands[0] = create_hist_field(hist_data, field, fl, NULL);
+ if (!hist_field->operands[0])
+ goto free;
hist_field->size = hist_field->operands[0]->size;
hist_field->type = kstrdup_const(hist_field->operands[0]->type, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!hist_field->type)