[PATCH] kexec/fs2dt: Check for NULL pointer in dt_copy_old_root_param()

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On 23/09/2016:12:47:39 PM, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
> In dt_copy_old_root_param(), FILE * returned
> from fopen is not checked for NULL pointer
> before passinig to fclose(). This could trigger
> a segfault. Patch adds a check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  kexec/fs2dt.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kexec/fs2dt.c b/kexec/fs2dt.c
> index 6ed2399759cf..2c1ebdf525f4 100644
> --- a/kexec/fs2dt.c
> +++ b/kexec/fs2dt.c
> @@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ static void dt_copy_old_root_param(void)
>  	if (last_cmdline)
>  		free(last_cmdline);
>  
> -	fclose(fp);
> +	if (fp)
> +		fclose(fp);

Looks fine, however a better practise could be to return just after fopen() if
fp was null.

~Pratyush

>  }
>  
>  /*
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
> 
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