Re: [PATCH] tools/hv: Add memory allocation check in hv_fcopy_start

[Praveen Kumar <kpraveen.lkml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 28/08/24 15:30, Zhu Jun wrote:
> Added checks for `file_name` and `path_name` memory allocation failures,
> with error logging and process exit on failure.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Jun <zhujun2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   tools/hv/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon.c | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon.c
> index 3ce316cc9f97..2efdf8d28e9c 100644
> --- a/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon.c
> +++ b/tools/hv/hv_fcopy_uio_daemon.c
> @@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ static int hv_fcopy_start(struct hv_start_fcopy *smsg_in)
>   
>   	file_name = (char *)malloc(file_size * sizeof(char));
>   	path_name = (char *)malloc(path_size * sizeof(char));
> +	if (!file_name || !path_name) {
> +		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Can't allocate memory!");

Probably, you may want to cleanup memory here in case either of one is 
successful allocation.

> +		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> +	}
>   
>   	wcstoutf8(file_name, (__u16 *)in_file_name, file_size);
>   	wcstoutf8(path_name, (__u16 *)in_path_name, path_size);