Re: [PATCH][next] tee: fix memory allocation failure checks on drv_data and amdtee

From: Thomas, Rijo-john
Date: Wed Jan 08 2020 - 02:03:58 EST


+linux-crypto

On 07/01/20 8:06 pm, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently the memory allocation failure checks on drv_data and
> amdtee are using IS_ERR rather than checking for a null pointer.
> Fix these checks to use the conventional null pointer check.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return")
> Fixes: 757cc3e9ff1d ("tee: add AMD-TEE driver")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Rijo Thomas <Rijo-john.Thomas@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/tee/amdtee/core.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tee/amdtee/core.c b/drivers/tee/amdtee/core.c
> index 9d0cee1c837f..5fda810c79dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/tee/amdtee/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/tee/amdtee/core.c
> @@ -444,11 +444,11 @@ static int __init amdtee_driver_init(void)
> goto err_fail;
>
> drv_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*drv_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (IS_ERR(drv_data))
> + if (!drv_data)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> amdtee = kzalloc(sizeof(*amdtee), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (IS_ERR(amdtee)) {
> + if (!amdtee) {
> rc = -ENOMEM;
> goto err_kfree_drv_data;
> }
>