x86, msr: fix NULL pointer deref due to msr_open on nonexistent CPUs
msr_open tests for someone trying to open a device for a nonexistent CPU. However, the function always returns 0, not ret like it should, hence userspace can BUG the kernel trivially. This bug was introduced by the cdev lock_kernel pushdown patch last May. The BUG can be reproduced with these commands: # mknod fubar c 202 8 <-- pick a number less than NR_CPUS that is not the number of an online CPU # cat fubar Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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