linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] media: mtk-vcodec: potential dereference of null pointer

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Date:   Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:21:57 +0800
From:   Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
To:     tiffany.lin@...iatek.com, andrew-ct.chen@...iatek.com,
        mchehab@...nel.org, matthias.bgg@...il.com
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v2] media: mtk-vcodec: potential dereference of null pointer

The return value of devm_kzalloc() needs to be checked.
To avoid use of null pointer in case of thefailure of alloc.

Fixes: 46233e91fa24 ("media: mtk-vcodec: move firmware implementations into their own files")
Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
---
Changelog:

v1 -> v2

*Change 1. Change the return value from "-EINVAL" to "-ENOMEM".
---
 drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_vpu.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_vpu.c b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_vpu.c
index cd27f637dbe7..769228093e48 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_vpu.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw_vpu.c
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ struct mtk_vcodec_fw *mtk_vcodec_fw_vpu_init(struct mtk_vcodec_dev *dev,
 	vpu_wdt_reg_handler(fw_pdev, mtk_vcodec_vpu_reset_handler, dev, rst_id);
 
 	fw = devm_kzalloc(&dev->plat_dev->dev, sizeof(*fw), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!fw)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	fw->type = VPU;
 	fw->ops = &mtk_vcodec_vpu_msg;
 	fw->pdev = fw_pdev;
-- 
2.25.1