linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 03/23] lib: zstd: fix null-deref in ZSTD_createCDict

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Message-ID: <90779f58-9fe3-4d64-a449-f08f5eef7369@web.de>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 09:20:03 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
 kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Nick Terrell <terrelln@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 03/23] lib: zstd: fix null-deref in
 ZSTD_createCDict_advanced2()

> ZSTD_createCDict_advanced2() must ensure that
> ZSTD_createCDict_advanced_internal() has successfully
> allocated cdict.  customMalloc() may be called under
> low memory condition and may be unable to allocate
> workspace for cdict.

* Please improve such a change description with imperative wordings.
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.10-rc6#n94

* Would you like to use the term “null pointer dereference” (in the summary phrase)?


Regards,
Markus