On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 04:11:57PM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 10:52:16AM +0800, Haoxiang Li wrote:
> > Add check for the return value of get_zeroed_page() in
> > sclp_console_init() to prevent null pointer dereference.
> > Furthermore, to solve the memory leak caused by the loop
> > allocation, add a free helper to do the free job.
> >
> > Fixes: 4c8f4794b61e ("[S390] sclp console: convert from bootmem to slab")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Add a free helper to solve the memory leak caused by loop allocation.
> > - Thanks Heiko! I realized that v1 patch overlooked a potential memory leak.
> > After consideration, I choose to do the full exercise. I noticed a similar
> > handling in [1], following that handling I submit this v2 patch. Thanks again!
> >
> > Reference link:
> > [1]https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c#L699
> > ---
> > drivers/s390/char/sclp_con.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> Ok, but this should come without Fixes and Cc stable, since in real life this
> code will never be executed. It is just to make the code look saner, and to
> avoid that more people look into this in the future.
>
> Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Applied, thank you!
