Function init_per_cpu() defined in arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c calls kzalloc() to allocate memory for variable uvhub_mask which is used in function get_cpu_topology() and function summarize_uvhub_sockets() later. However, none of the 3 functions mentioned above checks whether uvhub_mask is NULL. As kzalloc() may return NULL, when get_cpu_topology() and summarize_uvhub_sockets() tries to dereference this pointer, it may cause NULL pointer dereference bug. Codes related to this bug are shown as follows.

arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c:
 2146  	uvhub_descs = (struct uvhub_desc *)vp;
 2147  	memset(uvhub_descs, 0, nuvhubs * sizeof(struct uvhub_desc));
 2148: 	uvhub_mask = kzalloc((nuvhubs+7)/8, GFP_KERNEL);
 2149  
 2150  	if (get_cpu_topology(base_part_pnode, uvhub_descs, uvhub_mask))
 2151		goto fail;
 2152
 2153	if (summarize_uvhub_sockets(nuvhubs, uvhub_descs, uvhub_mask))
 2154		goto fail;

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arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c:
 1951   /*
 1952   * Scan all cpus to collect blade and socket summaries.
 1953   */
 1954: static int __init get_cpu_topology(int base_pnode,
 1955  					struct uvhub_desc *uvhub_descs,
 1956  					unsigned char *uvhub_mask)
		// first usage of uvhub_mask
 1982		uvhub = uv_cpu_hub_info(cpu)->numa_blade_id;
 1983		*(uvhub_mask + (uvhub/8)) |= (1 << (uvhub%8));
 1984		bdp = &uvhub_descs[uvhub];

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arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c:
 2095   /*
 2096   * Summarize the blade and socket topology into the per_cpu structures.
 2097   */
 2098: static int __init summarize_uvhub_sockets(int nuvhubs,
 2099  			struct uvhub_desc *uvhub_descs,
 2100  			unsigned char *uvhub_mask)
		// first usage of uvhub_mask
 2111		if (!(*(uvhub_mask + (uvhub/8)) & (1 << (uvhub%8))))
 2112			continue;

Thanks for attention!