Re: [PATCH][next] KEYS: trusted: Fix missing null return from kzalloc call

From: Sumit Garg
Date: Tue Apr 13 2021 - 01:29:08 EST


On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 21:31, Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The kzalloc call can return null with the GFP_KERNEL flag so
> add a null check and exit via a new error exit label. Use the
> same exit error label for another error path too.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return value")
> Fixes: 830027e2cb55 ("KEYS: trusted: Add generic trusted keys framework")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>

Ah, it's my bad. Thanks for fixing this issue.

Reviewed-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@xxxxxxxxxx>

-Sumit

> diff --git a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c
> index ec3a066a4b42..90774793f0b1 100644
> --- a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c
> +++ b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_core.c
> @@ -116,11 +116,13 @@ static struct trusted_key_payload *trusted_payload_alloc(struct key *key)
>
> ret = key_payload_reserve(key, sizeof(*p));
> if (ret < 0)
> - return p;
> + goto err;
> p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!p)
> + goto err;
>
> p->migratable = migratable;
> -
> +err:
> return p;
> }
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>