[PATCH v3] nvdimm: btt_devs: fix a NULL pointer dereference

From: Aditya Pakki
Date: Mon Mar 25 2019 - 17:36:24 EST


In case kmemdup fails, the fix releases resources and returns to
avoid the NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>

---
v2: Replace incorrect kfree with ida_simple_remove, suggested by
Johannes Thumshirn
v1: Free nd_btt->id in case of failure and avoid double free, suggested
by Dan Williams
---
drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c
index b72a303176c7..f73fb5fdc93f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c
@@ -204,8 +204,11 @@ static struct device *__nd_btt_create(struct nd_region *nd_region,
}

nd_btt->lbasize = lbasize;
- if (uuid)
+ if (uuid) {
uuid = kmemdup(uuid, 16, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!uuid)
+ goto out_put_id;
+ }
nd_btt->uuid = uuid;
dev = &nd_btt->dev;
dev_set_name(dev, "btt%d.%d", nd_region->id, nd_btt->id);
@@ -220,6 +223,11 @@ static struct device *__nd_btt_create(struct nd_region *nd_region,
return NULL;
}
return dev;
+
+out_put_id:
+ ida_simple_remove(&nd_region->btt_ida, nd_btt->id);
+ kfree(nd_btt);
+ return NULL;
}

struct device *nd_btt_create(struct nd_region *nd_region)
--
2.17.1