linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] drivers/base/auxiliary: check return value of strrchr()

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Date:   Sun, 28 Aug 2022 13:40:40 -0700
From:   Li Zhong <floridsleeves@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, rafael@...nel.org,
        lily <floridsleeves@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1] drivers/base/auxiliary: check return value of strrchr()

From: lily <floridsleeves@...il.com>

The return value of strrchr() could be NULL, which will cause invalid
offset in (int)(p - name). So we check it here.

Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <floridsleeves@...il.com>
---
 drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
index 8c5e65930617..7ac23be47e1f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
+++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ static int auxiliary_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 
 	name = dev_name(dev);
 	p = strrchr(name, '.');
-
+	if (!p)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%.*s", AUXILIARY_MODULE_PREFIX,
 			      (int)(p - name), name);
 }
-- 
2.25.1