Re: [PATCH v2] wifi: mt76: add a check of vzalloc in mt7615_coredump_work

From: Lorenzo Bianconi
Date: Mon Feb 27 2023 - 09:07:58 EST


> From: Kang Chen <void0red@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> vzalloc may fails, dump might be null and will cause
> illegal address access later.
>
> Fixes: d2bf7959d9c0 ("mt76: mt7663: introduce coredump support")
> Signed-off-by: Kang Chen <void0red@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2 -> v1: add Fixes tag
>
> drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mac.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mac.c
> index a95602473..73d84c301 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7615/mac.c
> @@ -2367,6 +2367,9 @@ void mt7615_coredump_work(struct work_struct *work)
> }
>
> dump = vzalloc(MT76_CONNAC_COREDUMP_SZ);
> + if (!dump)
> + return;
> +
> data = dump;
>
> while (true) {
> --
> 2.34.1
>

revieweing the code I guess the right approach would be the one used in
mt7921_coredump_work():
- free pending skbs
- not run dev_coredumpv()

What do you think?

Regards,
Lorenzo

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