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    perf_events: Fix invalid pointer when pid is invalid · 540804b5
    Stephane Eranian authored
    This patch fixes an error in perf_event_open() when the pid
    provided by the user is invalid. find_lively_task_by_vpid()
    does not return NULL on error but an error code. Without the
    fix the error code was silently passed to find_get_context()
    which would eventually cause a invalid pointer dereference.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
    Cc: peterz@infradead.org
    Cc: paulus@samba.org
    Cc: davem@davemloft.net
    Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
    Cc: perfmon2-devel@lists.sf.net
    Cc: eranian@gmail.com
    Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
    LKML-Reference: <4ca9a5d1.e8e9d80a.3dbb.ffff8f2e@mx.google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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