linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] crypto: caam: Add check for kcalloc() in test

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20250923124418.1857922-1-lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:44:18 +0800
From: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@...il.com>
To: Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>,
	Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@....com>,
	Gaurav Jain <gaurav.jain@....com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Victoria Milhoan (b42089)" <vicki.milhoan@...escale.com>,
	Dan Douglass <dan.douglass@....com>,
	Meenakshi Aggarwal <meenakshi.aggarwal@....com>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@...il.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3] crypto: caam: Add check for kcalloc() in test_len()

As kcalloc() may fail, check its return value to avoid a NULL pointer
dereference when passing the buffer to rng->read(). On allocation
failure, log the error and return since test_len() returns void.

Fixes: 2be0d806e25e ("crypto: caam - add a test for the RNG")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@...il.com>
---
changelog:
v3:
- Fix build error: test_len() returns void; return without a value.
- No functional changes beyond the allocation failure path.

v2:
- Return on allocation failure to avoid possible NULL dereference.
---
 drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
index b3d14a7f4dd1..0eb43c862516 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ static inline void test_len(struct hwrng *rng, size_t len, bool wait)
 	struct device *dev = ctx->ctrldev;
 
 	buf = kcalloc(CAAM_RNG_MAX_FIFO_STORE_SIZE, sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
-
+	if (!buf) {
+		return;
+	}
 	while (len > 0) {
 		read_len = rng->read(rng, buf, len, wait);
 
-- 
2.43.0