Re: [PATCH] module param_call: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

["Américo Wang" <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:16 PM, DDD <dongdong.deng@windriver.com> wrote:
> Américo Wang wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Dongdong Deng
>> <dongdong.deng@windriver.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The param_set_fn() function will get a parameter which is a NULL
>>> pointer when insmod module with params via following method:
>>>
>>> $insmod module.ko module_params
>>>
>>> BTW: the normal method usually as following format:
>>> $insmod module.ko module_params=example
>>>
>>> If the param_set_fn() function didn't check that parameter and used
>>> it directly, it could caused an OOPS due to NULL pointer dereference.
>>>
>>> The solution is simple:
>>> Just checking the parameter before using in param_set_fn().
>>>
>>> Example:
>>> int set_module_params(const char *val, struct kernel_param *kp)
>>> {
>>>       /*Checking the val parameter before using */
>>>       if (!val)
>>>               return -EINVAL;
>>>       ...
>>> }
>>> module_param_call(module_params, set_module_params, NULL, NULL, 0644);
>>>
>>
>> Why not just checking all of them in the generic code?
>
> It is no problem that we check the params before invoking param_set_fn().
>
> But I trend to do the checking in param_set_*fn(), because we can offer some
> special prompt infos to user if we want and handle some special cases like
> param_set_bool().
>

Yeah, I knew standard bool parameters can accept that,
the problem is that KPARAM_ISBOOL is not enough to
check if a parameter is bool or not. Probably we need
a new flag...

Thanks.