[PATCH v2] pstore/platform: Add check for kstrdup

From: Jiasheng Jiang
Date: Wed Jun 14 2023 - 22:53:24 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>
---
Changelog:

v1 -> v2:

1. Allocate a copy earlier.
---
fs/pstore/platform.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index cbc0b468c1ab..727f8ce71062 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -573,6 +573,8 @@ static int pstore_write_user_compat(struct pstore_record *record,
*/
int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
{
+ char *new_backend;
+
if (backend && strcmp(backend, psi->name)) {
pr_warn("backend '%s' already in use: ignoring '%s'\n",
backend, psi->name);
@@ -593,6 +595,10 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
return -EINVAL;
}

+ new_backend = kstrdup(psi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_backend)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
mutex_lock(&psinfo_lock);
if (psinfo) {
pr_warn("backend '%s' already loaded: ignoring '%s'\n",
@@ -630,7 +636,7 @@ int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
* Update the module parameter backend, so it is visible
* through /sys/module/pstore/parameters/backend
*/
- backend = kstrdup(psi->name, GFP_KERNEL);
+ backend = new_backend;

pr_info("Registered %s as persistent store backend\n", psi->name);

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2.25.1