linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/mm: avoid possible null pointer 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, 23 May 2016 14:02:26 +0100
From:	Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:	Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@...tec.com>,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/mm: avoid possible null pointer dereference

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 02:56:45PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:27:14AM +0100, Eric Engestrom wrote:
> > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 10:17:19PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > > Do not dereference node before the check if node is NULL.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c | 4 +++-
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
> > > index 04de6fd..cb39f45 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mm.c
> > > @@ -179,12 +179,14 @@ static void drm_mm_insert_helper(struct drm_mm_node *hole_node,
> > >  int drm_mm_reserve_node(struct drm_mm *mm, struct drm_mm_node *node)
> > >  {
> > >  	struct drm_mm_node *hole;
> > > -	u64 end = node->start + node->size;
> > > +	u64 end;
> > >  	u64 hole_start;
> > >  	u64 hole_end;
> > >  
> > >  	BUG_ON(node == NULL);
> > >  
> > > +	end = node->start + node->size;
> > > +
> > >  	/* Find the relevant hole to add our node to */
> > >  	drm_mm_for_each_hole(hole, mm, hole_start, hole_end) {
> > >  		if (hole_start > node->start || hole_end < end)
> > > -- 
> > > 2.1.4
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@...tec.com>

Remove useless check instead?
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre