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* [PATCH] memstick: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
@ 2019-03-09  7:59 Kangjie Lu
  2019-03-23  3:08 ` Kangjie Lu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kangjie Lu @ 2019-03-09  7:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kjlu; +Cc: pakki001, Maxim Levitsky, linux-kernel

In case alloc_ordered_workqueue fails, the fix returns ENOMEM to
avoid potential NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>
---
 drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c b/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
index 82daccc9ea62..8e00de414567 100644
--- a/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
+++ b/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
@@ -2149,6 +2149,11 @@ static int msb_init_disk(struct memstick_dev *card)
 
 	msb->usage_count = 1;
 	msb->io_queue = alloc_ordered_workqueue("ms_block", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
+	if (!msb->io_queue) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_put_disk;
+	}
+
 	INIT_WORK(&msb->io_work, msb_io_work);
 	sg_init_table(msb->prealloc_sg, MS_BLOCK_MAX_SEGS+1);
 
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [PATCH] memstick: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
  2019-03-09  7:59 [PATCH] memstick: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference Kangjie Lu
@ 2019-03-23  3:08 ` Kangjie Lu
  2019-03-23  7:57   ` Maxim Levitsky
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kangjie Lu @ 2019-03-23  3:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kjlu; +Cc: pakki001, Maxim Levitsky, linux-kernel

Hi Maxim,

Can you review this patch? 

Thanks,

> On Mar 9, 2019, at 1:59 AM, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu> wrote:
> 
> In case alloc_ordered_workqueue fails, the fix returns ENOMEM to
> avoid potential NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>
> ---
> drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c b/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
> index 82daccc9ea62..8e00de414567 100644
> --- a/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
> +++ b/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
> @@ -2149,6 +2149,11 @@ static int msb_init_disk(struct memstick_dev *card)
> 
> 	msb->usage_count = 1;
> 	msb->io_queue = alloc_ordered_workqueue("ms_block", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
> +	if (!msb->io_queue) {
> +		rc = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto out_put_disk;
> +	}
> +
> 	INIT_WORK(&msb->io_work, msb_io_work);
> 	sg_init_table(msb->prealloc_sg, MS_BLOCK_MAX_SEGS+1);
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 


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* Re: [PATCH] memstick: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
  2019-03-23  3:08 ` Kangjie Lu
@ 2019-03-23  7:57   ` Maxim Levitsky
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Maxim Levitsky @ 2019-03-23  7:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kangjie Lu; +Cc: pakki001, LKML

On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 5:08 AM Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Maxim,
>
> Can you review this patch?
>
> Thanks,
>
> > On Mar 9, 2019, at 1:59 AM, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu> wrote:
> >
> > In case alloc_ordered_workqueue fails, the fix returns ENOMEM to
> > avoid potential NULL pointer dereference.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>
> > ---
> > drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c b/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
> > index 82daccc9ea62..8e00de414567 100644
> > --- a/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
> > +++ b/drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.c
> > @@ -2149,6 +2149,11 @@ static int msb_init_disk(struct memstick_dev *card)
> >
> >       msb->usage_count = 1;
> >       msb->io_queue = alloc_ordered_workqueue("ms_block", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
> > +     if (!msb->io_queue) {
> > +             rc = -ENOMEM;
> > +             goto out_put_disk;
> > +     }
> > +
> >       INIT_WORK(&msb->io_work, msb_io_work);
> >       sg_init_table(msb->prealloc_sg, MS_BLOCK_MAX_SEGS+1);
> >
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >

Looks OK to me!

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>

Best regards,
     Maxim Levitsky

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