linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ntb: fix possible 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 for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

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

Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:24:28 +0000
From:	"Jiang, Dave" <dave.jiang@...el.com>
To:	"Allen.Hubbe@....com" <Allen.Hubbe@....com>,
	"sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com" <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	"jdmason@...zu.us" <jdmason@...zu.us>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-ntb@...glegroups.com" <linux-ntb@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ntb: fix possible NULL dereference

On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 17:51 +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> kmalloc can fail and we should check for NULL before using the
> pointer
> returned by kmalloc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
Acked-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>

Thanks!

> ---
>  drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
> b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
> index c8a37ba..b21e647 100644
> --- a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
> +++ b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
> @@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ static ssize_t debugfs_run_read(struct file
> *filp, char __user *ubuf,
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	buf = kmalloc(64, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
>  	out_offset = snprintf(buf, 64, "%d\n", perf->run);
>  	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, offp, buf,
> out_offset);
>  	kfree(buf);