linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] lkdtm/fortify: Check possible NULL pointer returned by kmalloc()

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:10:00 +0800
From:   Ren Yu <renyu@...china.com>
To:     keescook@...omium.org, arnd@...db.de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     liqiong@...china.com, yuzhe@...china.com,
        Ren Yu <renyu@...china.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] lkdtm/fortify: Check possible NULL pointer returned by kmalloc()

As the possible alloc failure of the kmalloc(),the return pointer
could be NULL,therefore it should be better to check it.

Signed-off-by: Ren Yu <renyu@...china.com>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
index 080293fa3c52..5d70c5ef918b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ static void lkdtm_FORTIFIED_SUBOBJECT(void)
 	char *src;
 
 	src = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!src)
+		return;
+
 	strscpy(src, "over ten bytes", size);
 	size = strlen(src) + 1;
 
-- 
2.11.0