Re: [PATCH v2] usb: storage: add error handling for kcalloc

From: Alan Stern
Date: Thu Jun 14 2018 - 10:58:54 EST


On Thu, 14 Jun 2018, Zhouyang Jia wrote:

> When kcalloc fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.
>
> This patch adds error-handling code after calling kcalloc.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> - Remove pr_warn statement.
> ---
> drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
> index 900591d..4e17609 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c
> @@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ static int alauda_init_media(struct us_data *us)
> + MEDIA_INFO(us).blockshift + MEDIA_INFO(us).pageshift);
> MEDIA_INFO(us).pba_to_lba = kcalloc(num_zones, sizeof(u16*), GFP_NOIO);
> MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba = kcalloc(num_zones, sizeof(u16*), GFP_NOIO);
> + if ((MEDIA_INFO(us).pba_to_lba == NULL)
> + || (MEDIA_INFO(us).lba_to_pba == NULL))
> + return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ERROR;
>
> if (alauda_reset_media(us) != USB_STOR_XFER_GOOD)
> return USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_ERROR;
>

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>