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From: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@huawei.com>
To: Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov@gmail.com>,
	<linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH mtd-utils] ffsX-utils: Fix integer overflow in jffs2dump.c
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:21:05 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <00adc50a-4233-4c7e-50ce-c05854dc6bee@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241214133453.102014-1-ant.v.moryakov@gmail.com>

在 2024/12/14 21:34, Anton Moryakov 写道:
> Report of the static analyzer:
> Pointer 'path', returned from function 'xstrdup' at jffs2reader.c:690, may be NULL and is dereferenced at jffs2reader.c:692.
> 
> Corrections explained:
> After calling xstrdup(p), a path == NULL check has been added. This prevents a possible NULL pointer dereference in the event of a memory allocation error.
> 
> Triggers found by static analyzer Svace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov@gmail.com>
> 
> ---
>   jffsX-utils/jffs2reader.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/jffsX-utils/jffs2reader.c b/jffsX-utils/jffs2reader.c
> index 87a2167..f776466 100644
> --- a/jffsX-utils/jffs2reader.c
> +++ b/jffsX-utils/jffs2reader.c
> @@ -694,6 +694,11 @@ static struct jffs2_raw_dirent *resolvepath0(char *o, size_t size, uint32_t ino,
>   
>   	pp = path = xstrdup(p);
>   
> +	if(path == NULL){
> +		*inos = 0;
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +

Hi Anton, please do some manual analysis before sending these patches 
scanned by static analyzer. According to the realization of 'xstrdup()', 
the program will exit if a failure memory allcation occurs.
>   	if (*path == '/') {
>   		path++;
>   		ino = 1;
> 


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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-14 13:34 [PATCH mtd-utils] ffsX-utils: Fix integer overflow in jffs2dump.c Anton Moryakov
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