RE: [PATCH] [bpf] xdp_redirect_cpu_user: Fix null pointer dereference

[John Fastabend]

Gaurav Singh wrote:
> Memset() on the pointer right after malloc() can cause
> a null pointer dereference if it failed to allocate memory.
> Fix this by replacing malloc/memset with a single calloc().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c | 11 +++--------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c
> index f3468168982e..2ae7a9a1d950 100644
> --- a/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c
> +++ b/samples/bpf/xdp_redirect_cpu_user.c
> @@ -207,11 +207,8 @@ static struct datarec *alloc_record_per_cpu(void)
>  {
>  	unsigned int nr_cpus = bpf_num_possible_cpus();
>  	struct datarec *array;
> -	size_t size;
>  
> -	size = sizeof(struct datarec) * nr_cpus;
> -	array = malloc(size);
> -	memset(array, 0, size);
> +	array = calloc(nr_cpus, sizeof(struct datarec));
>  	if (!array) {
>  		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error (nr_cpus:%u)\n", nr_cpus);
>  		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
> @@ -222,11 +219,9 @@ static struct datarec *alloc_record_per_cpu(void)
>  static struct stats_record *alloc_stats_record(void)
>  {
>  	struct stats_record *rec;
> -	int i, size;
> +	int i;
>  
> -	size = sizeof(*rec) + n_cpus * sizeof(struct record);
> -	rec = malloc(size);
> -	memset(rec, 0, size);
> +	rec = calloc(n_cpus + 1, sizeof(struct record));
>  	if (!rec) {
>  		fprintf(stderr, "Mem alloc error\n");
>  		exit(EXIT_FAIL_MEM);
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>