[PATCH 6.19 713/844] powerpc/smp: Add check for kcalloc() failure in parse_thread_groups()

From: Sasha Levin

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 14:32:39 EST


From: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 33c1c6d8a28a2761ac74b0380b2563cf546c2a3a ]

As kcalloc() may fail, check its return value to avoid a NULL pointer
dereference when passing it to of_property_read_u32_array().

Fixes: 790a1662d3a26 ("powerpc/smp: Parse ibm,thread-groups with multiple properties")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250923133235.1862108-1-lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 292fee8809bc8..cad3358fa4c35 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -822,6 +822,8 @@ static int parse_thread_groups(struct device_node *dn,

count = of_property_count_u32_elems(dn, "ibm,thread-groups");
thread_group_array = kcalloc(count, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!thread_group_array)
+ return -ENOMEM;
ret = of_property_read_u32_array(dn, "ibm,thread-groups",
thread_group_array, count);
if (ret)
--
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