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pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read

Message ID 20240118100206.213928-1-chentao@kylinos.cn (mailing list archive)
State Mainlined
Commit 98bc7e26e14fbb26a6abf97603d59532475e97f8
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Series pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read | expand

Commit Message

Kunwu Jan. 18, 2024, 10:02 a.m. UTC
kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
by checking the pointer validity.

Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao@kylinos.cn>
---
 fs/pstore/zone.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Kees Cook Feb. 1, 2024, 6:10 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:02:06 +0800, Kunwu Chan wrote:
> kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
> which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
> by checking the pointer validity.
> 
> 

Applied to for-next/pstore, thanks!

[1/1] pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/69f381e67d6f

Take care,
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Patch

diff --git a/fs/pstore/zone.c b/fs/pstore/zone.c
index 2770746bb7aa..abca117725c8 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/zone.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/zone.c
@@ -973,6 +973,8 @@  static ssize_t psz_kmsg_read(struct pstore_zone *zone,
 		char *buf = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s: Total %d times\n",
 				      kmsg_dump_reason_str(record->reason),
 				      record->count);
+		if (!buf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		hlen = strlen(buf);
 		record->buf = krealloc(buf, hlen + size, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!record->buf) {