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dma-buf: check the return value of kstrdup()

Message ID tencent_22C6C2E595DEFED1417A98A5736539482809@qq.com (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable, archived
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Series dma-buf: check the return value of kstrdup() |

Commit Message

Xiaoke Wang Feb. 22, 2022, 11:30 a.m. UTC 
  From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>

kstrdup() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
some internaly memory errors happen. It is better to check the return
value of it to prevent further wrong memory access.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
---
 drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--

Comments

Christian König Feb. 22, 2022, 11:31 a.m. UTC | #1 
Am 22.02.22 um 12:30 schrieb xkernel.wang@foxmail.com:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
>
> kstrdup() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
> some internaly memory errors happen. It is better to check the return
> value of it to prevent further wrong memory access.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>

Acked-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>

> ---
>   drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c b/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> index c60b694..2c29e2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ static bool apply_subtest_filter(const char *caller, const char *name)
>   	bool result = true;
>   
>   	filter = kstrdup(__st_filter, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!filter)
> +		return false;
> +
>   	for (sep = filter; (tok = strsep(&sep, ","));) {
>   		bool allow = true;
>   		char *sl;
Sumit Semwal Feb. 22, 2022, 1:41 p.m. UTC | #2 
Hi Xiaoke,

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022 at 17:00, <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
>
> kstrdup() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when
> some internaly memory errors happen. It is better to check the return
> value of it to prevent further wrong memory access.
Thanks for the patch; looks sane.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
Acked-by: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@linaro.org>

Will queue it up.
> ---
>  drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c b/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> index c60b694..2c29e2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
> @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ static bool apply_subtest_filter(const char *caller, const char *name)
>         bool result = true;
>
>         filter = kstrdup(__st_filter, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (!filter)
> +               return false;
> +
>         for (sep = filter; (tok = strsep(&sep, ","));) {
>                 bool allow = true;
>                 char *sl;
> --


Best,
Sumit.
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diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c b/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
index c60b694..2c29e2a 100644
--- a/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
+++ b/drivers/dma-buf/selftest.c
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@  static bool apply_subtest_filter(const char *caller, const char *name)
 	bool result = true;
 
 	filter = kstrdup(__st_filter, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!filter)
+		return false;
+
 	for (sep = filter; (tok = strsep(&sep, ","));) {
 		bool allow = true;
 		char *sl;