Based on the following report from Smatch, fix the potential NULL pointer dereference check. tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c:3493 bpf_prog_load_xattr() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'attr' (see line 3483) 3479 int bpf_prog_load_xattr(const struct bpf_prog_load_attr *attr, 3480 struct bpf_object **pobj, int *prog_fd) 3481 { 3482 struct bpf_object_open_attr open_attr = { 3483 .file = attr->file, 3484 .prog_type = attr->prog_type, ^^^^^^ 3485 }; At the head of function, it directly access 'attr' without checking if it's NULL pointer. This patch moves the values assignment after validating 'attr' and 'attr->file'. Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index 197b574406b3..809b633fa3d9 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -3479,10 +3479,7 @@ int bpf_prog_load(const char *file, enum bpf_prog_type type, int bpf_prog_load_xattr(const struct bpf_prog_load_attr *attr, struct bpf_object **pobj, int *prog_fd) { - struct bpf_object_open_attr open_attr = { - .file = attr->file, - .prog_type = attr->prog_type, - }; + struct bpf_object_open_attr open_attr; struct bpf_program *prog, *first_prog = NULL; enum bpf_attach_type expected_attach_type; enum bpf_prog_type prog_type; @@ -3495,6 +3492,9 @@ int bpf_prog_load_xattr(const struct bpf_prog_load_attr *attr, if (!attr->file) return -EINVAL; + open_attr.file = attr->file; + open_attr.prog_type = attr->prog_type; + obj = bpf_object__open_xattr(&open_attr); if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj)) return -ENOENT; -- 2.17.1