linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/11] parse-filter: Check result of malloc() during reading token

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]

Message-ID: <87lilmrnlt.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:15:58 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/11] parse-filter: Check result of malloc() during reading token

Hi,

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:48:37 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-04-23 at 13:58 +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> The malloc can fail so the return value should be checked.
>> For now, just use malloc_or_die().
>
> Applied, thanks!
>
> Although we will be getting rid of the 'die' feature. But at least this
> marks a location that we need to track.
>

Right. The point of this patch was that too. My next step will be the
removal of 'die' at all.

Thanks,
Namhyung
--
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/