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[5.10,578/717] dyndbg: fix use before null check

Message ID 20201228125048.602826394@linuxfoundation.org
State New
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Commit Message

Greg Kroah-Hartman Dec. 28, 2020, 12:49 p.m. UTC 
From: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com>

commit 3577afb0052fca65e67efdfc8e0859bb7bac87a6 upstream.

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
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>

---
 lib/dynamic_debug.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -561,9 +561,14 @@  static int ddebug_exec_queries(char *que
 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);