[PATCH] ntb: fix possible NULL dereference

From: Sudip Mukherjee
Date: Thu Mar 10 2016 - 07:21:32 EST


kmalloc can fail and we should check for NULL before using the pointer
returned by kmalloc.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
index c8a37ba..b21e647 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_perf.c
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ static ssize_t debugfs_run_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
return 0;

buf = kmalloc(64, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
out_offset = snprintf(buf, 64, "%d\n", perf->run);
ret = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, offp, buf, out_offset);
kfree(buf);
--
1.9.1