The path_latency prioriziter was assuming that prepare_directio_read()
always succeeds. However, it doesn't, and when it fails, the prioritizer
used buf without it pointing to alloced memory. Found by coverity.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <[email protected]>
---
 libmultipath/prioritizers/path_latency.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libmultipath/prioritizers/path_latency.c 
b/libmultipath/prioritizers/path_latency.c
index 765265c..eeee01e 100644
--- a/libmultipath/prioritizers/path_latency.c
+++ b/libmultipath/prioritizers/path_latency.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ int getprio(struct path *pp, char *args, unsigned int 
timeout)
        lg_maxavglatency = log(MAX_AVG_LATENCY) / lg_base;
        lg_minavglatency = log(MIN_AVG_LATENCY) / lg_base;
 
-       prepare_directio_read(pp->fd, &blksize, &buf, &restore_flags);
+       if (prepare_directio_read(pp->fd, &blksize, &buf, &restore_flags) < 0)
+               return PRIO_UNDEF;
 
        temp = io_num;
        while (temp-- > 0) {
-- 
2.7.4

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