linux-kernel - Re: pstore: pmsg: return -ENOMEM on vmalloc failure

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Date:	Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:39:35 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: pstore: pmsg: return -ENOMEM on vmalloc failure

On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>

Eek, yes please.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Thanks!

-Kees

> ---
>  fs/pstore/pmsg.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
> index feb5dd2..5a2f05a 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/pmsg.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ static ssize_t write_pmsg(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
>         if (buffer_size > PMSG_MAX_BOUNCE_BUFFER_SIZE)
>                 buffer_size = PMSG_MAX_BOUNCE_BUFFER_SIZE;
>         buffer = vmalloc(buffer_size);
> +       if (!buffer)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
>
>         mutex_lock(&pmsg_lock);
>         for (i = 0; i < count; ) {
> --
> 2.5.0.276.gf5e568e
>



-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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