[PATCH] tools: bpf_jit_disasm: check for klogctl failure

From: Colin King
Date: Thu May 05 2016 - 18:39:41 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

klogctl can fail and return -ve len, so check for this and
return NULL to avoid passing a (size_t)-1 to malloc.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/net/bpf_jit_disasm.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/net/bpf_jit_disasm.c b/tools/net/bpf_jit_disasm.c
index 5b32413..544b05a 100644
--- a/tools/net/bpf_jit_disasm.c
+++ b/tools/net/bpf_jit_disasm.c
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ static char *get_klog_buff(unsigned int *klen)
char *buff;

len = klogctl(CMD_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER, NULL, 0);
+ if (len < 0)
+ return NULL;
+
buff = malloc(len);
if (!buff)
return NULL;
--
2.8.1