linux-kernel - [PATCH] sound/isa/gus: fix null pointer dereference on pointer block

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Date:   Sun, 24 Oct 2021 03:46:11 -0700
From:   Chengfeng Ye <cyeaa@...nect.ust.hk>
To:     perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com
Cc:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chengfeng Ye <cyeaa@...nect.ust.hk>
Subject: [PATCH] sound/isa/gus: fix null pointer dereference on pointer block

The pointer block return from snd_gf1_dma_next_block could be
null, so there is a potential null pointer dereference issue.
Fix this by adding a null check before dereference.

Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <cyeaa@...nect.ust.hk>
---
 sound/isa/gus/gus_dma.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/isa/gus/gus_dma.c b/sound/isa/gus/gus_dma.c
index a1c770d826dd..6d664dd8dde0 100644
--- a/sound/isa/gus/gus_dma.c
+++ b/sound/isa/gus/gus_dma.c
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ static void snd_gf1_dma_interrupt(struct snd_gus_card * gus)
 	}
 	block = snd_gf1_dma_next_block(gus);
 	spin_unlock(&gus->dma_lock);
+	if (!block)
+		return;
 	snd_gf1_dma_program(gus, block->addr, block->buf_addr, block->count, (unsigned short) block->cmd);
 	kfree(block);
 #if 0
-- 
2.17.1