[PATCH] powerpc/pasemi: Add a null pointer check to the pas_setup_mce_regs

Kunwu Chan chentao at kylinos.cn
Wed Jan 17 20:17:06 AEDT 2024


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 at kylinos.cn>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
index 0761d98e5be3..8f98f3b58888 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/setup.c
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ static int __init pas_setup_mce_regs(void)
 	while (dev && reg < MAX_MCE_REGS) {
 		mce_regs[reg].name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL,
 						"mc%d_mcdebug_errsta", reg);
+		if (!mce_regs[reg].name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		mce_regs[reg].addr = pasemi_pci_getcfgaddr(dev, 0x730);
 		dev = pci_get_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_PASEMI, 0xa00a, dev);
 		reg++;
-- 
2.39.2



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