linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] usb: gadget: aspeed_udc: Add check for dma_alloc

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Date:   Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:25:51 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Cc:     neal_liu@...eedtech.com, joel@....id.au, andrew@...id.au,
        sumit.semwal@...aro.org, christian.koenig@....com,
        linux-aspeed@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linaro-mm-sig@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: gadget: aspeed_udc: Add check for
 dma_alloc_coherent

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 10:54:14AM +0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> Add the check for the return value of dma_alloc_coherent in order to
> avoid NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> This flaw was found using an experimental static analysis tool we are
> developing, APP-Miner, which has not been disclosed.
> 
> The allyesconfig build using GCC 9.3.0 shows no new warning. As we
> don't have a UDC device to test with, no runtime testing was able to
> be performed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
> ---
> Changelog:
> 
> v1 -> v2:
> 
> 1. Add "goto err;" when allocation fails.

You already sent a previous v2 that differs from this one, this should
be v3, right?