[PATCH] crypto: caam: Add check for kcalloc() in test_len()

Guangshuo Li posted 1 patch 1 week, 6 days ago
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drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] crypto: caam: Add check for kcalloc() in test_len()
Posted by Guangshuo Li 1 week, 6 days ago
As kcalloc() may fail, check its return value to avoid a NULL pointer
dereference when passing the buffer to rng->read() and
print_hex_dump_debug().

Fixes: 2be0d806e25e ("crypto: caam - add a test for the RNG")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
index e0adb326f496..d887ecf6f99d 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ static inline void test_len(struct hwrng *rng, size_t len, bool wait)
 	buf = kcalloc(CAAM_RNG_MAX_FIFO_STORE_SIZE, sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!buf) {
-		dev_err(dev, "RNG buffer allocation failed\n");
 		return;
 	}
 	while (len > 0) {
-- 
2.43.0
Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam: Add check for kcalloc() in test_len()
Posted by Greg KH 1 week, 6 days ago
On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 06:15:27PM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> As kcalloc() may fail, check its return value to avoid a NULL pointer
> dereference when passing the buffer to rng->read() and
> print_hex_dump_debug().

But that is not what this patch does :(

> Fixes: 2be0d806e25e ("crypto: caam - add a test for the RNG")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

No need for stable here.

> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
> index e0adb326f496..d887ecf6f99d 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamrng.c
> @@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ static inline void test_len(struct hwrng *rng, size_t len, bool wait)
>  	buf = kcalloc(CAAM_RNG_MAX_FIFO_STORE_SIZE, sizeof(u8), GFP_KERNEL);
>  
>  	if (!buf) {
> -		dev_err(dev, "RNG buffer allocation failed\n");
>  		return;
>  	}

checkpatch should show that you can remove the { } now, right?

thanks,

greg k-h