linux-kernel - [PATCH] mdesc: fix a missing-check bug in get_vdev_port_node

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Message-ID: <20190531012418.GA4473@zhanggen-UX430UQ>
Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 09:24:18 +0800
From:   Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net, rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mhocko@...e.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Cc:     sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mdesc: fix a missing-check bug in get_vdev_port_node_info()

In get_vdev_port_node_info(), 'node_info->vdev_port.name' is allcoated
by kstrdup_const(), and it returns NULL when fails. So 
'node_info->vdev_port.name' should be checked.

Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
index 9a26b44..8e645dd 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/mdesc.c
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ static int get_vdev_port_node_info(struct mdesc_handle *md, u64 node,
 
 	node_info->vdev_port.id = *idp;
 	node_info->vdev_port.name = kstrdup_const(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!node_info->vdev_port.name)
+		return -1;
 	node_info->vdev_port.parent_cfg_hdl = *parent_cfg_hdlp;
 
 	return 0;
---