Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: lg-laptop: Fix possible NULL pointer derefence

[Hans de Goede]

Hi Arnd,

On 9/20/21 11:55 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> When CONFIG_DMI is disabled, dmi_get_system_info() returns a NULL
> pointer, which is now caught by a warning:
> 
> In function 'strlen',
>     inlined from 'acpi_add.part.0' at drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c:658:6:
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:25:33: error: argument 1 null where non-null expected [-Werror=nonnull]
>    25 | #define __underlying_strlen     __builtin_strlen
>       |                                 ^
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:60:24: note: in expansion of macro '__underlying_strlen'
>    60 |                 return __underlying_strlen(p);
>       |                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c: In function 'acpi_add.part.0':
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:25:33: note: in a call to built-in function '__builtin_strlen'
>    25 | #define __underlying_strlen     __builtin_strlen
>       |                                 ^
> include/linux/fortify-string.h:60:24: note: in expansion of macro '__underlying_strlen'
>    60 |                 return __underlying_strlen(p);
>       |                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> The code in there does not appear essential, so an explicit
> NULL check should be sufficient. The string is also printed
> to the console, but printk() is able to handle NULL pointer
> arguments gracefully.
> 
> Fixes: 8983bfd58d61 ("platform/x86: lg-laptop: Support for battery charge limit on newer models")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Thank you for the patch, but this is already fixed in the pdx86 fixes branch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pdx86/platform-drivers-x86.git/commit/?h=fixes&id=4c4a3d7cffb42da21ea8891fc7e6808ae05dbcb5

Regards,

Hans


> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c
> index 3e520d5bca07..88b551caeaaf 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lg-laptop.c
> @@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static int acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
>  		goto out_platform_registered;
>  	}
>  	product = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME);
> -	if (strlen(product) > 4)
> +	if (product && strlen(product) > 4)
>  		switch (product[4]) {
>  		case '5':
>  		case '6':
>