linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next][V3] rtc: ds1307: check for failed memory allocation on wdt

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Date:   Fri, 3 Apr 2020 13:40:21 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>,
        linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next][V3] rtc: ds1307: check for failed memory
 allocation on wdt

On 03/04/2020 12:04:37+0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently a failed memory allocation will lead to a null pointer
> dereference on point wdt.  Fix this by checking for a failed
> allocation and just returning.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return")
> Fixes: fd90d48db037 ("rtc: ds1307: add support for watchdog timer on ds1388")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
> 
> V2: move error exit label and remove a return statement, thanks to 
>     Walter Harms for spotting this clean up.
> V3: simplify, just bail out and return on detecting the out of memory
>     condition
> 
> ---
> 
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1307.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
Applied, thanks.

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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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