[PATCH] pm: cpupower: bench: Prevent NULL dereference on malloc failure
From: Zhongqiu Han
Date: Wed Feb 19 2025 - 07:29:52 EST
If malloc returns NULL due to low memory, 'config' pointer can be NULL.
Add a check to prevent NULL dereference.
Signed-off-by: Zhongqiu Han <quic_zhonhan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c b/tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c
index 080678d9d74e..bd67c758b33a 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/bench/parse.c
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ FILE *prepare_output(const char *dirname)
struct config *prepare_default_config()
{
struct config *config = malloc(sizeof(struct config));
+ if (!config) {
+ perror("malloc");
+ return NULL;
+ }
dprintf("loading defaults\n");
--
2.25.1