linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: Add error handling for add_interval() in do_validate

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Message-ID: <aKCZC6zaG3T8NVgT@shine.dominikbrodowski.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 16:43:23 +0200
From: Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To: Wentao Liang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lee@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: Add error handling for add_interval() in
 do_validate_mem()

Am Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 09:10:06PM +0800 schrieb Wentao Liang:
> In the do_validate_mem(), the call to add_interval() does not
> handle errors. If kmalloc() fails in add_interval(), it could
> result in a null pointer being inserted into the linked list,
> leading to illegal memory access when sub_interval() is called
> next.
> 
> This patch adds an error handling for the add_interval(). If
> add_interval() returns an error, the function will return early
> with the error code.
> 
> Fixes: 7b4884ca8853 ("pcmcia: validate late-added resources")
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@...as.ac.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c b/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
> index bf9d070a4496..da494fe451ba 100644
> --- a/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
> +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
> @@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ static int do_validate_mem(struct pcmcia_socket *s,
>  
>  	if (validate && !s->fake_cis) {
>  		/* move it to the validated data set */
> -		add_interval(&s_data->mem_db_valid, base, size);
> +		ret = add_interval(&s_data->mem_db_valid, base, size);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
>  		sub_interval(&s_data->mem_db, base, size);
>  	}

Applied to pcmcia-next, thanks.

Best,
	Dominik