1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kgdb.c b/kernel/kgdb.c
index 7d7014634022..29357a9ccfb2 100644
--- a/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -541,12 +541,17 @@ static struct task_struct *getthread(struct pt_regs *regs, int tid)
          */
         if (tid == 0 || tid == -1)
                 tid = -atomic_read(&kgdb_active) - 2;
-        if (tid < 0) {
+        if (tid < -1 && tid > -NR_CPUS - 2) {
                 if (kgdb_info[-tid - 2].task)
                         return kgdb_info[-tid - 2].task;
                 else
                         return idle_task(-tid - 2);
         }
+        if (tid <= 0) {
+                printk(KERN_ERR "KGDB: Internal thread select error\n");
+                dump_stack();
+                return NULL;
+        }
 
         /*
          * find_task_by_pid_ns() does not take the tasklist lock anymore