[PATCH] LSM: add NULL check for kcalloc()

[James Morris]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2021, Austin Kim wrote:

> From: Austin Kim <austin.kim at lge.com>
> 
> kcalloc() may return NULL when memory allocation fails.
> So it is necessary to add NULL check after the call to kcalloc() is made.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austin.kim at lge.com>
> ---
>  security/security.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/security/security.c b/security/security.c
> index 09533cbb7221..f885c9e9bc35 100644
> --- a/security/security.c
> +++ b/security/security.c
> @@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ static void __init ordered_lsm_init(void)
>  
>  	ordered_lsms = kcalloc(LSM_COUNT + 1, sizeof(*ordered_lsms),
>  				GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (ordered_lsms)
> +		return;

Your logic is reversed here.

Should this also be a kernel panic?

>  
>  	if (chosen_lsm_order) {
>  		if (chosen_major_lsm) {
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris at namei.org>