[PATCH] apparmor: fix odd_ptr_err.cocci warnings (fwd)

[Julia Lawall]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2019, Navid Emamdoost wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I added Tyler to this conversation.
> I believe v3 of the patch addresses this issue:
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1142523/

It looks ok like that, thanks.

Please don't top post.

julia

>
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 6:28 AM Julia Lawall <julia.lawall at lip6.fr> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > The change suggested by Coccinelle is not correct, but the original code
> > is not correct either because the argument to PTR_ERR should be a pointer,
> > not an integer.
> >
> > julia
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 18:21:57 +0800
> > From: kbuild test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> > To: kbuild at lists.01.org
> > Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall at lip6.fr>
> > Subject: [PATCH] apparmor: fix odd_ptr_err.cocci warnings
> >
> > CC: kbuild-all at lists.01.org
> > In-Reply-To: <20191021152348.3906-1-navid.emamdoost at gmail.com>
> > References: <20191021152348.3906-1-navid.emamdoost at gmail.com>
> > TO: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost at gmail.com>
> >
> > From: kbuild test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> >
> > security/apparmor/audit.c:199:5-11: inconsistent IS_ERR and PTR_ERR on line 202.
> >
> >  PTR_ERR should access the value just tested by IS_ERR
> >
> > Semantic patch information:
> >  There can be false positives in the patch case, where it is the call to
> >  IS_ERR that is wrong.
> >
> > Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/tests/odd_ptr_err.cocci
> >
> > Fixes: 6f939f24599c ("apparmor: Fix use-after-free in aa_audit_rule_init")
> > CC: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost at gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: kbuild test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> > ---
> >
> > url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Navid-Emamdoost/apparmor-Fix-use-after-free-in-aa_audit_rule_init/20191024-123239
> > base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security.git next-testing
> > :::::: branch date: 6 hours ago
> > :::::: commit date: 6 hours ago
> >
> > Please take the patch only if it's a positive warning. Thanks!
> >
> >  audit.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > --- a/security/apparmor/audit.c
> > +++ b/security/apparmor/audit.c
> > @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ int aa_audit_rule_init(u32 field, u32 op
> >         if (IS_ERR(rule->label)) {
> >                 int err = rule->label;
> >                 aa_audit_rule_free(rule);
> > -               return PTR_ERR(err);
> > +               return PTR_ERR(rule->label);
> >         }
> >
> >         *vrule = rule;
>
>
>
> --
> Navid.
>