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authorJim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>2020-12-09 11:36:25 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2020-12-09 20:10:12 +0100
commit3577afb0052fca65e67efdfc8e0859bb7bac87a6 (patch)
tree2ad8e1d53a39133addaf81c5b9325753f8bdd711 /lib
parent0b81144a4ac20f0757b7c965d2fa57de367c7db5 (diff)
downloadlinux-3577afb0052fca65e67efdfc8e0859bb7bac87a6.tar.bz2
dyndbg: fix use before null check
In commit a2d375eda771 ("dyndbg: refine export, rename to dynamic_debug_exec_queries()"), a string is copied before checking it isn't NULL. Fix this, report a usage/interface error, and return the proper error code. Fixes: a2d375eda771 ("dyndbg: refine export, rename to dynamic_debug_exec_queries()") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org -- -v2 drop comment tweak, improve commit message Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201209183625.2432329-1-jim.cromie@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/dynamic_debug.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index bd7b3aaa93c3..c70d6347afa2 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -561,9 +561,14 @@ static int ddebug_exec_queries(char *query, const char *modname)
int dynamic_debug_exec_queries(const char *query, const char *modname)
{
int rc;
- char *qry = kstrndup(query, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ char *qry; /* writable copy of query */
- if (!query)
+ if (!query) {
+ pr_err("non-null query/command string expected\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ qry = kstrndup(query, PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!qry)
return -ENOMEM;
rc = ddebug_exec_queries(qry, modname);