From: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] random: kmalloc failure ignored in init_std_data()
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:03:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AB411D9.6070702@gmail.com> (raw)
Clean up and error out if kmalloc() fails.
Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
---
Found with sed: http://kernelnewbies.org/roelkluin
Build tested. Please review
diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index d8a9255..8a68be8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_random_bytes);
* data into the pool to prepare it for use. The pool is not cleared
* as that can only decrease the entropy in the pool.
*/
-static void init_std_data(struct entropy_store *r)
+static int init_std_data(struct entropy_store *r)
{
ktime_t now;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -952,16 +952,35 @@ static void init_std_data(struct entropy_store *r)
mix_pool_bytes(r, &now, sizeof(now));
mix_pool_bytes(r, utsname(), sizeof(*(utsname())));
/* Enable continuous test in fips mode */
- if (fips_enabled)
+ if (fips_enabled) {
r->last_data = kmalloc(EXTRACT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (r->last_data == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ return 0;
}
static int rand_initialize(void)
{
- init_std_data(&input_pool);
- init_std_data(&blocking_pool);
- init_std_data(&nonblocking_pool);
+ int ret;
+ ret = init_std_data(&input_pool);
+ if (ret != 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = init_std_data(&blocking_pool);
+ if (ret != 0)
+ goto free_ip_ld;
+
+ ret = init_std_data(&nonblocking_pool);
+ if (ret != 0)
+ goto free_bp_ld;
+
return 0;
+free_bp_ld:
+ kfree(blocking_pool.last_data);
+free_ip_ld:
+ kfree(input_pool.last_data);
+ return ret;
}
module_init(rand_initialize);
@@ -1160,8 +1179,8 @@ static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
/* Clear the entropy pool counters. */
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
- rand_initialize();
- return 0;
+ retval = rand_initialize();
+ return retval;
default:
return -EINVAL;
}
next reply other threads:[~2009-09-18 22:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-18 23:03 Roel Kluin [this message]
2009-09-19 0:10 ` [PATCH] random: kmalloc failure ignored in init_std_data() Matt Mackall
2009-09-19 0:54 ` Roel Kluin
2009-09-19 7:19 ` Matt Mackall
2009-10-09 7:35 ` Andrew Morton
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