Re: [PATCH] mtd: spear_smi: add NULL check on devm_kzalloc() return value

From: Boris Brezillon
Date: Thu Aug 17 2017 - 08:58:08 EST


Le Thu, 6 Jul 2017 17:25:50 -0500,
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a Ãcrit :

> Check return value from call to devm_kzalloc()
> in order to prevent a NULL pointer dereference.
>
> This issue was detected using Coccinelle and the following semantic patch:
>
> @@
> expression x;
> identifier fld;
> @@
>
> * x = devm_kzalloc(...);
> ... when != x == NULL
> x->fld
>

Applied to l2-mtd/master.

Thanks,

Boris

> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
> index dd50698..ddf4789 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
> @@ -775,6 +775,8 @@ static int spear_smi_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
> pdata->board_flash_info = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
> sizeof(*pdata->board_flash_info),
> GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!pdata->board_flash_info)
> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> /* Fill structs for each subnode (flash device) */
> while ((pp = of_get_next_child(np, pp))) {