linux-kernel - [PATCH] drm: mali-dp: check the return value of kzalloc()

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Message-ID: <tencent_92B89C12C6BF29881C73666E140718054E06@qq.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:43:17 +0800
From:   xkernel.wang@...mail.com
To:     liviu.dudau@....com, brian.starkey@....com, airlied@...ux.ie,
        daniel@...ll.ch
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] drm: mali-dp: check the return value of kzalloc()

From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>

kzalloc() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
some internal memory errors happen. So it is better to check it to
prevent potential wrong memory access.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
index f5847a7..0720b21 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ static void malidp_mw_connector_reset(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		__drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state(connector->state);
 
 	kfree(connector->state);
-	__drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(connector, &mw_state->base);
+	connector->state = NULL;
+
+	if (mw_state)
+		__drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(connector, &mw_state->base);
 }
 
 static enum drm_connector_status
--