Check that the result of kmalloc is not NULL before passing it to other
functions.
The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
// <smpl>
@@
expression *x;
identifier f;
constant char *C;
@@
x = \(kmalloc\|kcalloc\|kzalloc\)(...);
... when != x == NULL
when != x != NULL
when != (x || ...)
(
kfree(x)
|
f(...,C,...,x,...)
|
*f(...,x,...)
|
*x->f
)
// </smpl>
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: convert to kstrdup() as well]
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Cc: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
}
/* Mode option (only option that start with digit) */
else if (isdigit(this_opt[0])) {
- mode = kmalloc(strlen(this_opt) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- strncpy(mode, this_opt, strlen(this_opt) + 1);
+ mode = kstrdup(this_opt, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!mode) {
+ print_err("memory allocation failed");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
}
/* Unsupported option */
else {