From: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Cc: daniel.kiper@oracle.com, phcoder@gmail.com,
sudhakar@linux.ibm.com, stefanb@linux.ibm.com,
nayna@linux.ibm.com, sridharm@linux.ibm.com,
ssrish@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v3] command/extcmd: perform explicit NULL check in both the unregister helpers
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:32:46 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250922060246.119796-1-ssrish@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
During command registration, grub_register_command_prio
returns a 0 when there is a failure in memory allocation.
In such a situation, calls to grub_unregister_{command(),
extcmd()} during command unregistration will result in
dereferencing a NULL pointer.
Perform explicit NULL check in both the unregister helpers to
prevent undefined behaviour due to a NULL pointer dereference.
Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Sudhakar Kuppusamy <sudhakar@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
---
grub-core/commands/extcmd.c | 3 +++
grub-core/kern/command.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/grub-core/commands/extcmd.c b/grub-core/commands/extcmd.c
index c236be13a..7f8cb3f67 100644
--- a/grub-core/commands/extcmd.c
+++ b/grub-core/commands/extcmd.c
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ grub_register_extcmd_lockdown (const char *name, grub_extcmd_func_t func,
void
grub_unregister_extcmd (grub_extcmd_t ext)
{
+ if (ext == NULL)
+ return;
+
grub_unregister_command (ext->cmd);
grub_free (ext);
}
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/command.c b/grub-core/kern/command.c
index 5812e131c..a1b4c81a9 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/command.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/command.c
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ grub_register_command_lockdown (const char *name,
void
grub_unregister_command (grub_command_t cmd)
{
+ if (cmd == NULL)
+ return;
+
if ((cmd->prio & GRUB_COMMAND_FLAG_ACTIVE) && (cmd->next))
cmd->next->prio |= GRUB_COMMAND_FLAG_ACTIVE;
grub_list_remove (GRUB_AS_LIST (cmd));
--
2.51.0
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next reply other threads:[~2025-09-22 6:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-22 6:02 Srish Srinivasan [this message]
2025-09-23 1:52 ` [PATCH v3] command/extcmd: perform explicit NULL check in both the unregister helpers Andrew Hamilton
2025-09-29 11:55 ` Daniel Kiper
2025-09-29 12:17 ` Srish Srinivasan
2025-10-01 14:17 ` Daniel Kiper
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