From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755105Ab2HIGqx (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2012 02:46:53 -0400 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:52787 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754874Ab2HIGqw (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2012 02:46:52 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.77,738,1336374000"; d="scan'208";a="183480787" Message-ID: <1344494851.1682.670.camel@rui.sh.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] thermal: Fix potential NULL pointer accesses From: Zhang Rui To: Guenter Roeck Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:47:31 +0800 In-Reply-To: <20120809062530.GA3779@roeck-us.net> References: <1344404205-22861-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net> <1344473095.1682.641.camel@rui.sh.intel.com> <20120809062530.GA3779@roeck-us.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.2 (3.2.2-1.fc16) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 三, 2012-08-08 at 23:25 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 08:44:55AM +0800, Zhang Rui wrote: > > On 二, 2012-08-07 at 22:36 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > > The type parameter in thermal_zone_device_register and > > > thermal_cooling_device_register can be NULL, indicating that no sysfs attribute > > > for the type should be created. Only call strlen() and strcpy() on type if it is > > > not NULL. > > > > > > This patch addresses Coverity #102180 and #102182: Dereference before null check > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck > > > > Acked-by: Zhang Rui > > > How do we get this patch upstream ? I thought you'd take it through your tree. > yep. thanks, rui > Thanks, > Guenter > > > > --- > > > Applies on top of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rzhang/linux.git (thermal). > > > > > > drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c | 8 ++++---- > > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c > > > index 5be8728..e69f76d 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c > > > +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_sys.c > > > @@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ thermal_cooling_device_register(char *type, void *devdata, > > > struct thermal_zone_device *pos; > > > int result; > > > > > > - if (strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH) > > > + if (type && strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH) > > > return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); > > > > > > if (!ops || !ops->get_max_state || !ops->get_cur_state || > > > @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ thermal_cooling_device_register(char *type, void *devdata, > > > return ERR_PTR(result); > > > } > > > > > > - strcpy(cdev->type, type); > > > + strcpy(cdev->type, type ? : ""); > > > mutex_init(&cdev->lock); > > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->thermal_instances); > > > cdev->ops = ops; > > > @@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type, > > > int count; > > > int passive = 0; > > > > > > - if (strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH) > > > + if (type && strlen(type) >= THERMAL_NAME_LENGTH) > > > return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); > > > > > > if (trips > THERMAL_MAX_TRIPS || trips < 0 || mask >> trips) > > > @@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ struct thermal_zone_device *thermal_zone_device_register(const char *type, > > > return ERR_PTR(result); > > > } > > > > > > - strcpy(tz->type, type); > > > + strcpy(tz->type, type ? : ""); > > > tz->ops = ops; > > > tz->device.class = &thermal_class; > > > tz->devdata = devdata; > > > > > >