The patch titled
lib/inflate.c: handle failed malloc()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc.patch
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Subject: lib/inflate.c: handle failed malloc()
From: Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
lib/inflate.c (inflate_dynamic): Don't deref NULL upon failed malloc.
Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/inflate.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff -puN lib/inflate.c~lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc lib/inflate.c
--- a/lib/inflate.c~lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc
+++ a/lib/inflate.c
@@ -811,6 +811,9 @@ DEBG("<dyn");
ll = malloc(sizeof(*ll) * (286+30)); /* literal/length and distance code lengths */
#endif
+ if (ll == NULL)
+ return 1;
+
/* make local bit buffer */
b = bb;
k = bk;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
usbaudio-handle-kcalloc-failure.patch
9p-handle-kstrdup-and-match_strdup-failure.patch
alpha-handle-kcalloc-failure.patch
affs-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
hfs-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
hfsplus-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch
lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc.patch
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