[PATCH] ima: Fix misuse of dereference of pointer in template_desc_init_fields()

From: Xiu Jianfeng
Date: Sat Nov 12 2022 - 04:31:29 EST


The input parameter @fields is type of struct ima_template_field ***, so
when allocates array memory for @fields, the size of element should be
sizeof(**field) instead of sizeof(*field).

Actually the original code would not cause any runtime error, but it's
better to make it logically right.

Fixes: adf53a778a0a ("ima: new templates management mechanism")
Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
index 49f0626928a1..04c49f05cb74 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template.c
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ int template_desc_init_fields(const char *template_fmt,
}

if (fields && num_fields) {
- *fields = kmalloc_array(i, sizeof(*fields), GFP_KERNEL);
+ *fields = kmalloc_array(i, sizeof(**fields), GFP_KERNEL);
if (*fields == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;

- memcpy(*fields, found_fields, i * sizeof(*fields));
+ memcpy(*fields, found_fields, i * sizeof(**fields));
*num_fields = i;
}

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2.17.1