Re: [PATCH] kcpuid: Fix potential dereferencing of null pointers

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Thu, Sep 26 2024 at 22:35, Remington Brasga wrote:
>  	if (!func->leafs) {
>  		func->leafs = malloc(sizeof(struct subleaf));
> -		if (!func->leafs)
> +		if (!func->leafs) {
>  			perror("malloc func leaf");
> +			return false; // On malloc failure

Please get rid of these horrible and pointless tail comments.

Returning false here does not make sense. This simply should terminate
the program.

> +		}
>  
>  		func->nr = 1;
>  	} else {
>  		s = func->nr;
>  		func->leafs = realloc(func->leafs, (s + 1) * sizeof(*leaf));
> -		if (!func->leafs)
> +		if (!func->leafs) {
>  			perror("realloc f->leafs");
> +			return false; // On realloc failure
> +		}
>  
>  		func->nr++;
>  	}
>  
> +	// Check for valid index
> +	if (s >= func->nr) {

What's the point of this? s is guaranteed to be < func->nr, no?

Thanks,

        tglx