Re: [PATCH] pcmcia: Add error handling for add_interval() in do_validate_mem()

From: Dominik Brodowski
Date: Sat Aug 16 2025 - 10:52:43 EST


Am Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 09:10:06PM +0800 schrieb Wentao Liang:
> In the do_validate_mem(), the call to add_interval() does not
> handle errors. If kmalloc() fails in add_interval(), it could
> result in a null pointer being inserted into the linked list,
> leading to illegal memory access when sub_interval() is called
> next.
>
> This patch adds an error handling for the add_interval(). If
> add_interval() returns an error, the function will return early
> with the error code.
>
> Fixes: 7b4884ca8853 ("pcmcia: validate late-added resources")
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c b/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
> index bf9d070a4496..da494fe451ba 100644
> --- a/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
> +++ b/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
> @@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ static int do_validate_mem(struct pcmcia_socket *s,
>
> if (validate && !s->fake_cis) {
> /* move it to the validated data set */
> - add_interval(&s_data->mem_db_valid, base, size);
> + ret = add_interval(&s_data->mem_db_valid, base, size);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> sub_interval(&s_data->mem_db, base, size);
> }

Applied to pcmcia-next, thanks.

Best,
Dominik