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From: Avnish Chouhan <avnish@linux.ibm.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Cc: daniel.kiper@oracle.com, Avnish Chouhan <avnish@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] Adding a failure check after grub_malloc()
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:01:58 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251028163202.63905-1-avnish@linux.ibm.com> (raw)

This patch series adds a NULL check after calling grub_malloc().
Missing a failure check after calling grub_malloc() can lead to undefined
behavior. If the allocation fails and returns NULL, subsequent dereferencing
or writing to the pointer will likely result in a runtime error such as
a segmentation fault.

Patch 1/4 (0001-normal-Adding-a-grub_malloc-failure-check-in-completion-c.patch)
Patch 2/4 (0002-Adding-a-grub_malloc-failure-check-in-msdos-c.patch)
Patch 3/4 (0003-Adding-a-grub_malloc-failure-check-in-mmap-c.patch)
Patch 4/4 (0004-Adding-a-grub_malloc-failure-check-in-legacy_parse-c.patch) 

Avnish Chouhan (4):
 normal: Adding a grub_malloc failure check in completion.c
 Adding a grub_malloc failure check in msdos.c
 Adding a grub_malloc failure check in mmap.c
 Adding a grub_malloc failure check in legacy_parse.c

 grub-core/normal/completion.c | 3 +++
 grub-core/partmap/msdos.c     | 3 +++
 grub-core/mmap/mmap.c         | 3 +++
 grub-core/lib/legacy_parse.c  | 3 +++
 4 files changed

-- 
2.31.1


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             reply	other threads:[~2025-10-28 16:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-28 16:31 Avnish Chouhan [this message]
2025-10-28 16:31 ` [PATCH 1/4] normal: Adding a grub_malloc failure check in completion.c Avnish Chouhan
2025-11-02 14:54   ` Sudhakar Kuppusamy
2025-10-28 16:32 ` [PATCH 2/4] Adding a grub_malloc failure check in msdos.c Avnish Chouhan
2025-11-02 14:57   ` Sudhakar Kuppusamy
2025-10-28 16:32 ` [PATCH 3/4] Adding a grub_malloc failure check in mmap.c Avnish Chouhan
2025-11-02 14:58   ` Sudhakar Kuppusamy
2025-10-28 16:32 ` [PATCH 4/4] Adding a grub_malloc failure check in legacy_parse.c Avnish Chouhan
2025-11-02 15:00   ` Sudhakar Kuppusamy
2025-11-05 19:11 ` [PATCH 0/4] Adding a failure check after grub_malloc() Daniel Kiper

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