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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] xen/blkfront: avoid NULL blkfront_info dereference on device removal
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On Mon, 2018-10-15 at 16:02 +0200, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
>
> > This results in a NULL pointer BUG when blkfront_remove and
> > blkif_free
> > try to access the failing device's NULL struct blkfront_info.
> >
> >
> I guess this is a candidate for backporting?
>

yes, I think so. At least for kernels >=4.5, which could face this
issue due to commit c31ecf6c12 (this frees the struct blkinfo in the
failing path of talk_to_blkback).

thanks,

- Vasilis


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