Re: [PATCH][V2] selftests/resctrl: Fix null pointer dereference on open failed

[Shuah Khan]

On 4/26/22 6:25 AM, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Currently if opening /dev/null fails to open then file pointer fp
> is null and further access to fp via fprintf will cause a null
> pointer dereference. Fix this by returning a negative error value
> when a null fp is detected.
>
> Detected using cppcheck static analysis:
> tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c:124:6: note: Assuming
> that condition '!fp' is not redundant
>   if (!fp)
>       ^
> tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c:126:10: note: Null
> pointer dereference
>   fprintf(fp, "Sum: %d ", ret);
>
> Fixes: a2561b12fe39 ("selftests/resctrl: Add built in benchmark")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> V2: Add cppcheck analysis information
>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
> index 51e5cf22632f..56ccbeae0638 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
> @@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ static int fill_cache_read(unsigned char *start_ptr, unsigned char *end_ptr,
>   
>   	/* Consume read result so that reading memory is not optimized out. */
>   	fp = fopen("/dev/null", "w");
> -	if (!fp)
> +	if (!fp) {
>   		perror("Unable to write to /dev/null");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
>   	fprintf(fp, "Sum: %d ", ret);
>   	fclose(fp);
>   

Thank you. Applied to linux-kselftest next for Linux 5.19-rc1

thanks,
-- Shuah