Re: [PATCH v2] ntb_tool: check null return of devm_kcalloc in tool_init_mws

From: Dave Jiang
Date: Tue Mar 07 2023 - 11:08:44 EST




On 3/7/23 5:20 AM, Kang Chen wrote:
devm_kcalloc may fails, tc->peers[pidx].outmws might be null
and will cause null pointer dereference later.

Fixes: 7f46c8b3a552 ("NTB: ntb_tool: Add full multi-port NTB API support")
Signed-off-by: Kang Chen <void0red@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>

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---
v2 -> v1: add Fixes and Reviewed-by tags

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;