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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers/mmc/card/block.c: fix potential null dereference 'idata'
On 05/09/2011 06:12 PM, Julia Lawall wrote:
> I guess there is also a point at which idata has been successfully
> allocated but idata->buf has not.
>
> julia
>
Yes there is. Thank You for pointing out.

Vladimir Motyka

> On Mon, 9 May 2011, Vladimir Motyka wrote:
>
>> When allocation of idata fails there was a null dereference.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Motyka <vladimir.motyka@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
>> index 407836d..a03cdc6 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
>> @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static struct mmc_blk_ioc_data
>> *mmc_blk_ioctl_copy_from_user(
>> idata = kzalloc(sizeof(*idata), GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!idata) {
>> err = -ENOMEM;
>> - goto copy_err;
>> + goto alloc_err;
>> }
>>
>> if (copy_from_user(&idata->ic, user, sizeof(idata->ic))) {
>> @@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ static struct mmc_blk_ioc_data
>> *mmc_blk_ioctl_copy_from_user(
>> copy_err:
>> kfree(idata->buf);
>> kfree(idata);
>> +alloc_err:
>> return ERR_PTR(err);
>> -
>> }
>>
>> static int mmc_blk_ioctl_cmd(struct block_device *bdev,
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