Re: [PATCH] ntb_tool: check null return of devm_kcalloc in tool_init_mws

From: Serge Semin
Date: Mon Mar 06 2023 - 10:28:49 EST


On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 01:57:43PM +0800, Kang Chen wrote:
> devm_kcalloc may fails, tc->peers[pidx].outmws might be null
> and will cause null pointer dereference later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kang Chen <void0red@xxxxxxxxx>

Please add the fixes tag:
Fixes: 7f46c8b3a552 ("NTB: ntb_tool: Add full multi-port NTB API support")
so the patch could be noticeable by the stable kernel maintainers.

Other than that looks good.
Reviewed-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>

* Please don't forget to add the Rb-tags on v2.

-Serge(y)

> ---
> drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
> index 5ee0afa62..eeeb4b1c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
> +++ b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
> @@ -998,6 +998,8 @@ static int tool_init_mws(struct tool_ctx *tc)
> tc->peers[pidx].outmws =
> devm_kcalloc(&tc->ntb->dev, tc->peers[pidx].outmw_cnt,
> sizeof(*tc->peers[pidx].outmws), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (tc->peers[pidx].outmws == NULL)
> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> for (widx = 0; widx < tc->peers[pidx].outmw_cnt; widx++) {
> tc->peers[pidx].outmws[widx].pidx = pidx;
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>