[PATCH][next] pstore/zone,blk: fix dereference of pointer before it has been null checked

From: Colin King
Date: Tue May 12 2020 - 13:07:28 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Currently the assignment of ctx dereferences pointer 'record' before
the pointer has been null checked. Fix this by only making this
dereference after it has been null checked close to the point ctx
is to be used.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")
Fixes: bb4ccd1e6f56 ("pstore/zone,blk: Add ftrace frontend support")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/pstore/zone.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/zone.c b/fs/pstore/zone.c
index bd8e194110fc..c5bf3b9f644f 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/zone.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/zone.c
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static ssize_t psz_kmsg_read(struct pstore_zone *zone,
static ssize_t psz_ftrace_read(struct pstore_zone *zone,
struct pstore_record *record)
{
- struct psz_context *cxt = record->psi->data;
+ struct psz_context *cxt;
struct psz_buffer *buf;
int ret;

@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ static ssize_t psz_ftrace_read(struct pstore_zone *zone,
return ret;

out:
+ cxt = record->psi->data;
if (cxt->ftrace_read_cnt < cxt->ftrace_max_cnt)
/* then, read next ftrace zone */
return -ENOMSG;
--
2.25.1