Re: [PATCH] qemu: Alter condition to avoid possible NULL deref

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On 02/09/2018 04:33 PM, John Ferlan wrote:
> Commit 'f0f2a5ec2' neglected to adjust the if condition to split
> out the possibility that the @watchdog is NULL when altering the
> message to add detail about the model.
> 
> Just split out the condition and use previous/original message, but
> with the new message code.
> 
> Found by Coverity
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
> index c7bf25eee..3291ce613 100644
> --- a/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
> +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_hotplug.c
> @@ -5159,11 +5159,16 @@ qemuDomainDetachWatchdog(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
>      virDomainWatchdogDefPtr watchdog = vm->def->watchdog;
>      qemuDomainObjPrivatePtr priv = vm->privateData;
>  
> +    if (!watchdog) {
> +        virReportError(VIR_ERR_DEVICE_MISSING, "%s",
> +                       _("watchdog device not present in domain configuration"));
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
>      /* While domains can have up to one watchdog, the one supplied by the user
>       * doesn't necessarily match the one domain has. Refuse to detach in such
>       * case. */
> -    if (!(watchdog &&
> -          watchdog->model == dev->model &&
> +    if (!(watchdog->model == dev->model &&
>            watchdog->action == dev->action &&
>            virDomainDeviceInfoAddressIsEqual(&dev->info, &watchdog->info))) {
>          virReportError(VIR_ERR_DEVICE_MISSING,
> 

Oh I see now. The problem is not with the condition, but this
virReportError() uses watchdog->model (for better message) which is
dangerous in case @watchdog == NULL. I though that there's something bad
with the condition itself.

ACK

Michal

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