[PATCH] pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup
From: Jiasheng Jiang
Date: Wed Jun 14 2023 - 06:00:33 EST
Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error
if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference.
Fixes: 563ca40ddf40 ("pstore/platform: Switch pstore_info::name to const")
Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/pstore/platform.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index cbc0b468c1ab..afe07f0d1216 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -631,6 +631,10 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
* through /sys/module/pstore/parameters/backend
*/
backend = kstrdup(psi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!backend) {
+ mutex_unlock(&psinfo_lock);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
pr_info("Registered %s as persistent store backend\n", psi->name);
--
2.25.1