linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: mach-omap2: potential NULL dereference

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:38:45 +0100
From:	walter harms <wharms@....de>
To:	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
CC:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: mach-omap2: potential NULL dereference



Am 17.01.2011 11:08, schrieb Vasiliy Kulikov:
> kzalloc() may fail, if so return -ENOMEM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
> ---
>  Cannot compile this driver, so it is not tested at all.
> 
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/smartreflex.c |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/smartreflex.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/smartreflex.c
> index 77ecebf..871bca9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/smartreflex.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/smartreflex.c
> @@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ static int sr_late_init(struct omap_sr *sr_info)
>  	if (sr_class->class_type == SR_CLASS2 &&
>  		sr_class->notify_flags && sr_info->irq) {
>  
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  		name = kzalloc(SMARTREFLEX_NAME_LEN + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (name == NULL)
> +			goto error;
>  		strcpy(name, "sr_");
>  		strcat(name, sr_info->voltdm->name);
>  		ret = request_irq(sr_info->irq, sr_interrupt,

maybe it is more readable to use:
	kasprint(&name,"sr_%s",sr_info->voltdm->name);

re,
 wh
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/