This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check to scom_debug_init_one()
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
powerpc-powernv-add-a-null-pointer-check-to-scom_deb.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 3be877fc508f283e9b9c567576c7849100f242b4
Author: Kunwu Chan <chentao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Dec 8 16:59:37 2023 +0800
powerpc/powernv: Add a null pointer check to scom_debug_init_one()
[ Upstream commit 9a260f2dd827bbc82cc60eb4f4d8c22707d80742 ]
kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure.
Add a null pointer check, and release 'ent' to avoid memory leaks.
Fixes: bfd2f0d49aef ("powerpc/powernv: Get rid of old scom_controller abstraction")
Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://msgid.link/20231208085937.107210-1-chentao@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-xscom.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-xscom.c
index 6b4eed2ef4fa..f67235d1ba2c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-xscom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-xscom.c
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ static int scom_debug_init_one(struct dentry *root, struct device_node *dn,
ent->chip = chip;
snprintf(ent->name, 16, "%08x", chip);
ent->path.data = (void *)kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%pOF", dn);
+ if (!ent->path.data) {
+ kfree(ent);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
ent->path.size = strlen((char *)ent->path.data);
dir = debugfs_create_dir(ent->name, root);
