linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ALSA: jack: Check the return value of kstrdup()

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Message-ID: <tencent_094816F3522E0DC704056C789352EBBF0606@qq.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:39:31 +0800
From:   Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
To:     joe@...ches.com, perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com
Cc:     alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ALSA: jack: Check the return value of kstrdup()

kstrdup() can return NULL, it is better to check the return value of it.
Fix: free jack and use my full name.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
---
 sound/core/jack.c | 4 ++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/core/jack.c b/sound/core/jack.c
index 32350c6..5fd9954 100644
--- a/sound/core/jack.c
+++ b/sound/core/jack.c
@@ -509,6 +509,10 @@ int snd_jack_new(struct snd_card *card, const char *id, int type,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	jack->id = kstrdup(id, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (jack->id == NULL) {
+		kfree(jack);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	/* don't creat input device for phantom jack */
 	if (!phantom_jack) {
--