linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] drm/msm: Check for NULL return of kzalloc()

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Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:55:50 +0800
From:   QintaoShen <unSimple1993@....com>
To:     sean@...rly.run
Cc:     quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com, robdclark@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, QintaoShen <unSimple1993@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v1] drm/msm: Check for NULL return of kzalloc()

The allocation of kzalloc() may return NULL, which would bring a NULL
pointer dereference bug.

To avoid this confusion, it is better to check the return value of kzalloc().

Signed-off-by: QintaoShen <unSimple1993@....com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c
index 5d2ff67..d017deb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/msm_disp_snapshot_util.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ void msm_disp_snapshot_add_block(struct msm_disp_state *disp_state, u32 len,
 	va_list va;
 
 	new_blk = kzalloc(sizeof(struct msm_disp_state_block), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_blk)
+		return ;
 
 	va_start(va, fmt);
 
-- 
2.7.4