[PATCH] tty:vt: Add check the return value of kzalloc to avoid oops

From: Xiaoming Ni
Date: Thu Sep 19 2019 - 05:18:32 EST


Using kzalloc() to allocate memory in function con_init(), but not
checking the return value, there is a risk of null pointer references
oops.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 34aa39d..db83e52 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -3357,15 +3357,33 @@ static int __init con_init(void)

for (currcons = 0; currcons < MIN_NR_CONSOLES; currcons++) {
vc_cons[currcons].d = vc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vc_data), GFP_NOWAIT);
+ if (unlikely(!vc)) {
+ pr_warn("%s:failed to allocate memory for the %u vc\n",
+ __func__, currcons);
+ break;
+ }
INIT_WORK(&vc_cons[currcons].SAK_work, vc_SAK);
tty_port_init(&vc->port);
visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
vc->vc_screenbuf = kzalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_NOWAIT);
+ if (unlikely(!vc->vc_screenbuf)) {
+ pr_warn("%s:failed to allocate memory for the %u vc_screenbuf\n",
+ __func__, currcons);
+ visual_deinit(vc);
+ tty_port_destroy(&vc->port);
+ kfree(vc);
+ vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
+ break;
+ }
vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols,
currcons || !vc->vc_sw->con_save_screen);
}
currcons = fg_console = 0;
master_display_fg = vc = vc_cons[currcons].d;
+ if (unlikely(!vc)) {
+ console_unlock();
+ return 0;
+ }
set_origin(vc);
save_screen(vc);
gotoxy(vc, vc->vc_x, vc->vc_y);
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