dyndbg: fix use before null check

commit 3577afb upstream. In commit a2d375e ("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: a2d375e ("dyndbg: refine export, rename to dynamic_debug_exec_queries()") Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
blueseahlan · Dec 30, 2020 · fe9db43 · fe9db43
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commit fe9db43
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git 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);