Re: [PATCH] selftests/memfd/memfd_test: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference

[Lorenzo Stoakes]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 11:21:15AM +0800, liuye wrote:
>     If name is NULL, a NULL pointer may be accessed in printf.
>
> Signed-off-by: liuye <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
> index c0c53451a16d..5b993924cc3f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static void mfd_fail_new(const char *name, unsigned int flags)
>  	r = sys_memfd_create(name, flags);
>  	if (r >= 0) {
>  		printf("memfd_create(\"%s\", %u) succeeded, but failure expected\n",
> -		       name, flags);
> +		       name ? name : "NULL", flags);

Damn, I was going to say 'oh hey we never pass NULL' but in test_create() we
explicitly... do. Good spot!



>  		close(r);
>  		abort();
>  	}
> --
> 2.25.1
>