Re: [PATCH] driver core: Fix a null-ptr-deref in module_add_driver()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 12:18:17PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > Inject fault while probing of-fpga-region, if kasprintf() fails in
> > module_add_driver(), the second sysfs_remove_link() in exit path will cause
> > null-ptr-deref as below because kernfs_name_hash() will call strlen() with
> > NULL driver_name.
> …
> 
> How do you think about to use the term “null pointer dereference”
> for the commit message (and summary phrase)?
> 
> 
> …
> > +++ b/drivers/base/module.c
> > @@ -66,27 +66,31 @@ int module_add_driver(struct module *mod, const struct device_driver *drv)
> …
> >  	sysfs_remove_link(mk->drivers_dir, driver_name);
> > +
> > +out_free_driver_name:
> >  	kfree(driver_name);
> >
> > +out_remove_kobj:
> > +	sysfs_remove_link(&drv->p->kobj, "module");
> …
> 
> I suggest to omit two blank lines here.


Hi,

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