linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] dyndbg: fix use before null check

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Date:   Wed,  9 Dec 2020 11:36:25 -0700
From:   Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] dyndbg: fix use before null check

In commit a2d375eda771 ("dyndbg: refine export, rename to
dynamic_debug_exec_queries()"), a string is copied before checking it
isn't NULL.  Fix this, report a usage/interface error, and return the
proper error code.

Fixes: a2d375eda771 ("dyndbg: refine export, rename to dynamic_debug_exec_queries()")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
--
-v2 drop comment tweak, improve commit message

Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@...il.com>
---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index bd7b3aaa93c3..c70d6347afa2 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -561,9 +561,14 @@ static int ddebug_exec_queries(char *query, const char *modname)
 int dynamic_debug_exec_queries(const char *query, const char *modname)
 {
 	int rc;
-	char *qry = kstrndup(query, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	char *qry; /* writable copy of query */
 
-	if (!query)
+	if (!query) {
+		pr_err("non-null query/command string expected\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	qry = kstrndup(query, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!qry)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	rc = ddebug_exec_queries(qry, modname);
-- 
2.29.2