linux-kernel - [PATCH] LSM: add NULL check for kcalloc()

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:44:34 +0100
From:   Austin Kim <austindh.kim@...il.com>
To:     jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com, keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, austin.kim@....com,
        kernel-team@....com, austindh.kim@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH] LSM: add NULL check for kcalloc()

From: Austin Kim <austin.kim@....com>

kcalloc() may return NULL when memory allocation fails.
So it is necessary to add NULL check after the call to kcalloc() is made.

Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austin.kim@....com>
---
 security/security.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
index 09533cbb7221..f885c9e9bc35 100644
--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ static void __init ordered_lsm_init(void)
 
 	ordered_lsms = kcalloc(LSM_COUNT + 1, sizeof(*ordered_lsms),
 				GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ordered_lsms)
+		return;
 
 	if (chosen_lsm_order) {
 		if (chosen_major_lsm) {
-- 
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