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* [PATCH 3/3] lkdtm/heap: Check possible NULL pointer returned by vzalloc()
@ 2022-07-25  8:13 Ren Yu
  2022-07-25  8:42 ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ren Yu @ 2022-07-25  8:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: keescook, arnd, gregkh, linux-kernel; +Cc: liqiong, yuzhe, Ren Yu

As the possible alloc failure of the vzalloc(),the
return pointer could be NULL.therefore it should be better to check it.

Signed-off-by: Ren Yu <renyu@nfschina.com>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
index 62516078a619..399cdbbfd5b7 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c
@@ -33,9 +33,13 @@ static void lkdtm_VMALLOC_LINEAR_OVERFLOW(void)
 	one = vzalloc(PAGE_SIZE);
 	two = vzalloc(PAGE_SIZE);
 
+	if (!one || !two)
+		goto free_kernel;
+
 	pr_info("Attempting vmalloc linear overflow ...\n");
 	memset(one, 0xAA, PAGE_SIZE + __offset);
 
+free_kernel:
 	vfree(two);
 	vfree(one);
 }
-- 
2.11.0


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* Re: [PATCH 3/3] lkdtm/heap: Check possible NULL pointer returned by vzalloc()
  2022-07-25  8:13 [PATCH 3/3] lkdtm/heap: Check possible NULL pointer returned by vzalloc() Ren Yu
@ 2022-07-25  8:42 ` Greg KH
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2022-07-25  8:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ren Yu; +Cc: keescook, arnd, linux-kernel, liqiong, yuzhe

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 04:13:31PM +0800, Ren Yu wrote:
> As the possible alloc failure of the vzalloc(),the
> return pointer could be NULL.therefore it should be better to check it.

Odd punctuation and wrapping :(

greg k-h

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