netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: hso: check for allocation failure in hso_create_bulk_serial

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Date:   Wed, 12 May 2021 16:12:32 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Denis Joseph Barrow <D.Barow@...ion.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        Anirudh Rayabharam <mail@...rudhrb.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Rustam Kovhaev <rkovhaev@...il.com>,
        Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@...wei.com>,
        Emil Renner Berthing <kernel@...il.dk>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: hso: check for allocation failure in
 hso_create_bulk_serial_device()

On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 12:19:03PM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 01:09:04PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > Add a couple checks for if these allocations fail.
> > 
> > Fixes: 542f54823614 ("tty: Modem functions for the HSO driver")
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/usb/hso.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
> > index 3ef4b2841402..3b2a868d7a72 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
> > @@ -2618,9 +2618,13 @@ static struct hso_device *hso_create_bulk_serial_device(
> >  		num_urbs = 2;
> >  		serial->tiocmget = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hso_tiocmget),
> >  					   GFP_KERNEL);
> > +		if (!serial->tiocmget)
> > +			goto exit;
> 
> Nice catch; the next assignment would go boom if this ever failed.
> 
> This appears to have been introduced by 
> 
> 	af0de1303c4e ("usb: hso: obey DMA rules in tiocmget")
> 
> >  		serial->tiocmget->serial_state_notification
> >  			= kzalloc(sizeof(struct hso_serial_state_notification),
> >  					   GFP_KERNEL);
> > +		if (!serial->tiocmget->serial_state_notification)
> > +			goto exit;
> >  		/* it isn't going to break our heart if serial->tiocmget
> >  		 *  allocation fails don't bother checking this.
> >  		 */
> 
> You should remove this comment and drop the conditional on the following
> line as well now, though.

Ah, good catch.  I'll resend. Thanks!

regards,
dan carpenter