linux-kernel - [PATCH] ASN.1: Fix check for strdup() success

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:21:30 +0300
From:   Ekaterina Orlova <vorobushek.ok@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ekaterina Orlova <vorobushek.ok@...il.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: [PATCH] ASN.1: Fix check for strdup() success

It seems there is a misprint in the check of strdup() return code
that can lead to NULL pointer dereference.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: 4520c6a49af8 ("X.509: Add simple ASN.1 grammar compiler")
Signed-off-by: Ekaterina Orlova <vorobushek.ok@...il.com>
---
 scripts/asn1_compiler.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/asn1_compiler.c b/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
index 7b6756a8c15d..4c3f645065a4 100644
--- a/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
+++ b/scripts/asn1_compiler.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	p = strrchr(argv[1], '/');
 	p = p ? p + 1 : argv[1];
 	grammar_name = strdup(p);
-	if (!p) {
+	if (!grammar_name) {
 		perror(NULL);
 		exit(1);
 	}
-- 
2.34.1