This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read
to the 6.8-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:
pstore-zone-add-a-null-pointer-check-to-the-psz_kmsg.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 3c98ece1115c285ae2bc523b31284a4ee6d69ae4
Author: Kunwu Chan <chentao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jan 18 18:02:06 2024 +0800
pstore/zone: Add a null pointer check to the psz_kmsg_read
[ Upstream commit 98bc7e26e14fbb26a6abf97603d59532475e97f8 ]
kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
by checking the pointer validity.
Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240118100206.213928-1-chentao@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/pstore/zone.c b/fs/pstore/zone.c
index 2770746bb7aa1..abca117725c81 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/zone.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/zone.c
@@ -973,6 +973,8 @@ static ssize_t psz_kmsg_read(struct pstore_zone *zone,
char *buf = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s: Total %d times\n",
kmsg_dump_reason_str(record->reason),
record->count);
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
hlen = strlen(buf);
record->buf = krealloc(buf, hlen + size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!record->buf) {
