[PATCH] ext4: Fix potential NULL pointer dereferences in test_mb_mark_used() and test_mb_free_blocks()

From: Qasim Ijaz
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 07:41:20 EST


test_mb_mark_used() and test_mb_free_blocks() call kunit_kzalloc() to
allocate memory, however both fail to ensure that the allocations
succeeded. If kunit_kzalloc() returns NULL, then dereferencing the
corresponding pointer without checking for NULL will lead to
a NULL pointer dereference.

To fix this call KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL() to ensure
the allocation succeeded.

Signed-off-by: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: ac96b56a2fbd ("ext4: Add unit test for mb_mark_used")
Fixes: b7098e1fa7bc ("ext4: Add unit test for mb_free_blocks")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/ext4/mballoc-test.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc-test.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc-test.c
index bb2a223b207c..d634c12f1984 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc-test.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc-test.c
@@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ static void test_mb_mark_used(struct kunit *test)
KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buddy);
grp = kunit_kzalloc(test, offsetof(struct ext4_group_info,
bb_counters[MB_NUM_ORDERS(sb)]), GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, grp);

ret = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, TEST_GOAL_GROUP, &e4b);
KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
@@ -860,6 +861,7 @@ static void test_mb_free_blocks(struct kunit *test)
KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buddy);
grp = kunit_kzalloc(test, offsetof(struct ext4_group_info,
bb_counters[MB_NUM_ORDERS(sb)]), GFP_KERNEL);
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, grp);

ret = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, TEST_GOAL_GROUP, &e4b);
KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, ret, 0);
--
2.39.5