[PATCH] lib/test_meminit: handle kmem_cache_alloc() failure
From: Tuo Li
Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 03:36:29 EST
In do_kmem_cache_size(), kmem_cache_alloc() may fail and return NULL.
The returned pointer is subsequently passed to check_buf() and
fill_with_garbage_skip() without being checked, which may result in a
NULL pointer dereference.
Handle the allocation failure by marking the test as failed and
continuing with the next iteration.
Fixes: 5015a300a522 ("lib: introduce test_meminit module")
Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/test_meminit.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/test_meminit.c b/lib/test_meminit.c
index 68c3b9da090e..db4b4398e1c1 100644
--- a/lib/test_meminit.c
+++ b/lib/test_meminit.c
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ static int __init do_kmem_cache_size(size_t size, bool want_ctor,
}
buf = kmem_cache_alloc(c, alloc_mask);
+ if (!buf) {
+ fail = true;
+ continue;
+ }
/* Check that buf is zeroed, if it must be. */
fail |= check_buf(buf, size, want_ctor, want_rcu, want_zero);
fill_with_garbage_skip(buf, size, want_ctor ? CTOR_BYTES : 0);
--
2.43.0