linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] kobject: fix dereference before null check on kobj

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Date:   Wed, 1 May 2019 15:08:25 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] kobject: fix dereference before null check on kobj

On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 01:43:17PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The kobj pointer is being null-checked so potentially it could be null,
> however, the ktype declaration before the null check is dereferencing kobj
> hence we have a potential null pointer deference. Fix this by moving the
> assignment of ktype after kobj has been null checked.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")
> Fixes: aa30f47cf666 ("kobject: Add support for default attribute groups to kobj_type")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  lib/kobject.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Nice catch, thanks, will go queue this up now.

greg k-h