linux-kernel - Re: [patch] mpi/mpi-mpow: NULL dereference on allocation failure

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Date:	Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:00:35 +0100
From:	walter harms <wharms@....de>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mpi/mpi-mpow: NULL dereference on allocation failure



Am 21.11.2011 15:50, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> We can't call mpi_free() on the elements if the first kzalloc() fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> 
> diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpi-mpow.c b/lib/mpi/mpi-mpow.c
> index 4cc7593..7328d0d 100644
> --- a/lib/mpi/mpi-mpow.c
> +++ b/lib/mpi/mpi-mpow.c
> @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int mpi_mulpowm(MPI res, MPI *basearray, MPI *exparray, MPI m)
>  
>  	G = kzalloc((1 << k) * sizeof *G, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!G)
> -		goto nomem;
> +		goto err_out;
>  
>  	/* and calculate */
>  	tmp = mpi_alloc(mpi_get_nlimbs(m) + 1);
> @@ -129,5 +129,6 @@ nomem:
>  	for (i = 0; i < (1 << k); i++)
>  		mpi_free(G[i]);
>  	kfree(G);
> +err_out:
>  	return rc;
>  }

the patch is ok
but is there any reason *not* to use a more nice name that 'G'
something more descriptive perhaps ?

re,
 wh


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