[PATCH] lib: kunit_iov_iter: fix NULL deref in iov_kunit_create_xarray()

From: Jackie Liu

Date: Thu Sep 18 2025 - 03:14:26 EST


From: Jackie Liu <liuyun01@xxxxxxxxxx>

iov_kunit_create_xarray() allocates memory for an xarray using kzalloc()
and then calls xa_init() on the result. However, xa_init() was invoked
before checking the return value of kzalloc(). If kzalloc() fails, this
would lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

Move the KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL() check before xa_init() to ensure
the pointer is valid before initialization.

Fixes: 2d71340ff1d4 ("iov_iter: Kunit tests for copying to/from an iterator")
Signed-off-by: Jackie Liu <liuyun01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/tests/kunit_iov_iter.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/tests/kunit_iov_iter.c b/lib/tests/kunit_iov_iter.c
index 48342736d016..a9d6db89247d 100644
--- a/lib/tests/kunit_iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/tests/kunit_iov_iter.c
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ static struct xarray *iov_kunit_create_xarray(struct kunit *test)
struct xarray *xarray;

xarray = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xarray), GFP_KERNEL);
- xa_init(xarray);
KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, xarray);
+ xa_init(xarray);
kunit_add_action_or_reset(test, iov_kunit_destroy_xarray, xarray);
return xarray;
}
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