linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: actually check allocated conf

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Date:   Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:51:53 +0300
From:   Luca Coelho <luca@...lho.fi>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Chris Rorvick <chris@...vick.com>
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Emmanuel Grumbach <emmanuel.grumbach@...el.com>,
        Intel Linux Wireless <linuxwifi@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: actually check allocated conf_tlv pointer

On Sun, 2020-04-05 at 11:44 +0300, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Chris Rorvick <chris@...vick.com> writes:
> 
> > Commit 71bc0334a637 ("iwlwifi: check allocated pointer when allocating
> > conf_tlvs") attempted to fix a typoe introduced by commit 17b809c9b22e
> > ("iwlwifi: dbg: move debug data to a struct") but does not implement the
> > check correctly.
> > 
> > Tweeted-by: @grsecurity
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Rorvick <chris@...vick.com>
> 
> I'll add:
> 
> Fixes: 71bc0334a637 ("iwlwifi: check allocated pointer when allocating conf_tlvs")
> 
> > ---
> > In this wasn't picked up?
> 
> Luca, can I take this directly?

Yes, please take it directly.  This can happen in OOM situations and,
when it does, we will potentially try to dereference a NULL pointer.

Thanks!

--
Cheers,
Luca.