[PATCH v4] lkdtm/bugs: Check for the NULL pointer after calling kmalloc

Jiasheng Jiang posted 1 patch 4 years, 5 months ago
drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
[PATCH v4] lkdtm/bugs: Check for the NULL pointer after calling kmalloc
Posted by Jiasheng Jiang 4 years, 5 months ago
As the possible failure of the kmalloc(), the not_checked and checked
could be NULL pointer.
Therefore, it should be better to check it in order to avoid the
dereference of the NULL pointer.
Also, we need to kfree the 'not_checked' and 'checked' to avoid
the memory leak if fails.
And since it is just a test, it may directly return without error
number.

Fixes: ae2e1aad3e48 ("drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c: add arithmetic overflow and array bounds checks")
Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn>
---
Changelog

v1 -> v2

* Change 1. Add the kfree if fails.

v2 -> v3

* Change 1. Add pr_err if fails.

v3 -> v4

* Change 1. Revert to v2 that remove the pr_err.
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
index 4282b625200f..072e3b742edf 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ void lkdtm_ARRAY_BOUNDS(void)
 
 	not_checked = kmalloc(sizeof(*not_checked) * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	checked = kmalloc(sizeof(*checked) * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!not_checked || !checked) {
+		kfree(not_checked);
+		kfree(checked);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	pr_info("Array access within bounds ...\n");
 	/* For both, touch all bytes in the actual member size. */
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH v4] lkdtm/bugs: Check for the NULL pointer after calling kmalloc
Posted by Kees Cook 4 years, 5 months ago
On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 05:29:36PM +0800, Jiasheng Jiang wrote:
> As the possible failure of the kmalloc(), the not_checked and checked
> could be NULL pointer.
> Therefore, it should be better to check it in order to avoid the
> dereference of the NULL pointer.
> Also, we need to kfree the 'not_checked' and 'checked' to avoid
> the memory leak if fails.
> And since it is just a test, it may directly return without error
> number.
> 
> Fixes: ae2e1aad3e48 ("drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c: add arithmetic overflow and array bounds checks")
> Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> Changelog
> 
> v1 -> v2
> 
> * Change 1. Add the kfree if fails.
> 
> v2 -> v3
> 
> * Change 1. Add pr_err if fails.
> 
> v3 -> v4
> 
> * Change 1. Revert to v2 that remove the pr_err.
> ---
>  drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
> index 4282b625200f..072e3b742edf 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm/bugs.c
> @@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ void lkdtm_ARRAY_BOUNDS(void)
>  
>  	not_checked = kmalloc(sizeof(*not_checked) * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	checked = kmalloc(sizeof(*checked) * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!not_checked || !checked) {
> +		kfree(not_checked);
> +		kfree(checked);
> +		return;
> +	}
>  
>  	pr_info("Array access within bounds ...\n");
>  	/* For both, touch all bytes in the actual member size. */
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

-- 
Kees Cook
Re: [PATCH v4] lkdtm/bugs: Check for the NULL pointer after calling kmalloc
Posted by Dan Carpenter 4 years, 5 months ago
Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter