linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] orangefs-debugfs: fix a missing-check bug in debug_string_to

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Message-ID: <eb5b0178-626d-e142-c1e4-7805f28e1e24@suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jun 2019 08:32:43 +0200
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@...il.com>, hubcap@...ibond.com,
        martin@...ibond.com
Cc:     devel@...ts.orangefs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] orangefs-debugfs: fix a missing-check bug in
 debug_string_to_mask()

On 30. 05. 19, 11:04, Gen Zhang wrote:
> In debug_string_to_mask(), 'strsep_fodder' is allocated by kstrdup().
> It returns NULL when fails. So 'strsep_fodder' should be checked.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574.gmail>
> ---
> diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
> index 87b1a6f..a9a9aac 100644
> --- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
> +++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
> @@ -888,6 +888,8 @@ static void debug_string_to_mask(char *debug_string, void *mask, int type)
>  	char *unchecked_keyword;
>  	int i;
>  	char *strsep_fodder = kstrdup(debug_string, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!strsep_fodder)
> +		return;
>  	char *original_pointer;

You should get a compiler error/warning about mixing declarations with code.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs