linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] ACPI/nfit: avoid accessing uninitialized memory in acpi_nfit

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Date:   Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:35:17 +0800
From:   Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        linux-acpi <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] ACPI/nfit: avoid accessing uninitialized memory in acpi_nfit_ctl()

The ACPI_ALLOCATE() does not zero the "buf", so when the condition
"integer->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER" in int_to_buf() is met, the result
is unpredictable in acpi_nfit_ctl().

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 442608220b5c..cda7b6c52504 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -282,18 +282,19 @@ static union acpi_object *pkg_to_buf(union acpi_object *pkg)
 
 static union acpi_object *int_to_buf(union acpi_object *integer)
 {
-	union acpi_object *buf = ACPI_ALLOCATE(sizeof(*buf) + 4);
+	union acpi_object *buf = NULL;
 	void *dst = NULL;
 
-	if (!buf)
-		goto err;
-
 	if (integer->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "BIOS bug, unexpected element type: %d\n",
 				integer->type);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
+	buf = ACPI_ALLOCATE(sizeof(*buf) + 4);
+	if (!buf)
+		goto err;
+
 	dst = buf + 1;
 	buf->type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER;
 	buf->buffer.length = 4;
-- 
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