On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 10:16:06PM +0800, Guangshuo Li wrote:
> devm_kcalloc() may fail. ndtest_probe() allocates three DMA address
> arrays (dcr_dma, label_dma, dimm_dma) and later unconditionally uses
> them in ndtest_nvdimm_init(), which can lead to a NULL pointer
> dereference on allocation failure.
>
> Add NULL checks for all three allocations and return -ENOMEM if any
> allocation fails.
>
> Fixes: 9399ab61ad82 ("ndtest: Add dimms to the two buses")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <[email protected]>
> ---
> tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
> b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
> index 68a064ce598c..516f304bb0b9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/nvdimm/test/ndtest.c
> @@ -855,6 +855,11 @@ static int ndtest_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> p->dimm_dma = devm_kcalloc(&p->pdev.dev, NUM_DCR,
> sizeof(dma_addr_t), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> + if (!p->dcr_dma || !p->label_dma || !p->dimm_dma) {
> + pr_err("%s: failed to allocate DMA address arrays\n", __func__);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> +
Hi Guangshuo Li,
Can you check on correctness of inserting that pr_err()?
ie. does it fall into the category of excessive OOM messaging?
> rc = ndtest_nvdimm_init(p);
> if (rc)
> goto err;
> --
> 2.43.0
>
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