[PATCH] lkdtm: fortify: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure
From: Junjie Cao
Date: Thu Aug 14 2025 - 02:06:38 EST
Add missing NULL pointer checks after kmalloc() calls in
lkdtm_FORTIFY_STR_MEMBER() and lkdtm_FORTIFY_MEM_MEMBER() functions.
Signed-off-by: Junjie Cao <junjie.cao@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
index 015927665678..715598226037 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ static void lkdtm_FORTIFY_STR_MEMBER(void)
char *src;
src = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (src == NULL)
+ return;
+
strscpy(src, "over ten bytes", size);
size = strlen(src) + 1;
@@ -109,6 +113,10 @@ static void lkdtm_FORTIFY_MEM_MEMBER(void)
char *src;
src = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+ if (src == NULL)
+ return;
+
strscpy(src, "over ten bytes", size);
size = strlen(src) + 1;
--
2.43.0