[PATCH] dlpar: Fix a missing-check bug in dlpar_parse_cc_property()
Nathan Lynch
nathanl at linux.ibm.com
Wed May 29 02:38:44 AEST 2019
Gen Zhang <blackgod016574 at gmail.com> writes:
> In dlpar_parse_cc_property(), 'prop->name' is allocated by kstrdup().
> kstrdup() may return NULL, so it should be checked and handle error.
> And prop should be freed if 'prop->name' is NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574 at gmail.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> index 1795804..c852024 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ static struct property *dlpar_parse_cc_property(struct cc_workarea *ccwa)
>
> name = (char *)ccwa + be32_to_cpu(ccwa->name_offset);
> prop->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!prop->name) {
> + dlpar_free_cc_property(prop);
> + return NULL;
> + }
Acked-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl at linux.ibm.com>
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