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* [PATCH] lib/mpi: add the return value check of kcalloc
@ 2021-12-30  2:51 Zizhuang Deng
  2021-12-30  6:41 ` Tianjia Zhang
  2021-12-30  6:45 ` Tianjia Zhang
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Zizhuang Deng @ 2021-12-30  2:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: tianjia.zhang, Zizhuang Deng

Add the return value check of kcalloc to avoid potential
NULL ptr dereference.

Signed-off-by: Zizhuang Deng <sunsetdzz@gmail.com>
---
 lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c b/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
index 47bc59edd4ff..6fd6900f0798 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ mpi_barrett_t mpi_barrett_init(MPI m, int copy)
 	mpi_normalize(m);
 	ctx = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 
+	if (!ctx) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (copy) {
 		ctx->m = mpi_copy(m);
 		ctx->m_copied = 1;
-- 
2.25.1


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* Re: [PATCH] lib/mpi: add the return value check of kcalloc
  2021-12-30  2:51 [PATCH] lib/mpi: add the return value check of kcalloc Zizhuang Deng
@ 2021-12-30  6:41 ` Tianjia Zhang
  2021-12-30  6:45 ` Tianjia Zhang
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tianjia Zhang @ 2021-12-30  6:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zizhuang Deng, linux-kernel

Hi Zizhuang,

On 12/30/21 10:51 AM, Zizhuang Deng wrote:
> Add the return value check of kcalloc to avoid potential
> NULL ptr dereference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zizhuang Deng <sunsetdzz@gmail.com>
> ---
>   lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c b/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
> index 47bc59edd4ff..6fd6900f0798 100644
> --- a/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
> +++ b/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ mpi_barrett_t mpi_barrett_init(MPI m, int copy)
>   	mpi_normalize(m);
>   	ctx = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
>   

Remove this empty line.

> +	if (!ctx) {
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
>   	if (copy) {
>   		ctx->m = mpi_copy(m);
>   		ctx->m_copied = 1;


Thanks for pointing it out. Please send a copy to linux-crypto and 
Herbert Xu.

Best regards,
Tianjia

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* Re: [PATCH] lib/mpi: add the return value check of kcalloc
  2021-12-30  2:51 [PATCH] lib/mpi: add the return value check of kcalloc Zizhuang Deng
  2021-12-30  6:41 ` Tianjia Zhang
@ 2021-12-30  6:45 ` Tianjia Zhang
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tianjia Zhang @ 2021-12-30  6:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zizhuang Deng, linux-kernel



On 12/30/21 10:51 AM, Zizhuang Deng wrote:
> Add the return value check of kcalloc to avoid potential
> NULL ptr dereference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zizhuang Deng <sunsetdzz@gmail.com>
> ---
>   lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c b/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
> index 47bc59edd4ff..6fd6900f0798 100644
> --- a/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
> +++ b/lib/mpi/mpi-mod.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ mpi_barrett_t mpi_barrett_init(MPI m, int copy)
>   	mpi_normalize(m);
>   	ctx = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
>   
> +	if (!ctx) {
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +

Delete the pair of curly braces, and just keep:

	if (!ctx)
		return NULL;

Thanks.

>   	if (copy) {
>   		ctx->m = mpi_copy(m);
>   		ctx->m_copied = 1;

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