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ifstat: Add NULL pointer check for result of ll_index_to_name()

Message ID 20240106201010.29461-1-maks.mishinFZ@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
Delegated to: Stephen Hemminger
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Series ifstat: Add NULL pointer check for result of ll_index_to_name() | expand

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netdev/tree_selection success Not a local patch

Commit Message

Maks Mishin Jan. 6, 2024, 8:10 p.m. UTC
Result of ll_index_to_name() function do not being checked for NULL
pointer before using in strdup() function.
Add intermediate variable `name` for result of ll_index_to_name()
function. Function result -1 when `name` is NULL.

Signed-off-by: Maks Mishin <maks.mishinFZ@gmail.com>
---
 misc/ifstat.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Stephen Hemminger Jan. 6, 2024, 10:14 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sat,  6 Jan 2024 23:10:10 +0300
Maks Mishin <maks.mishinfz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Result of ll_index_to_name() function do not being checked for NULL
> pointer before using in strdup() function.
> Add intermediate variable `name` for result of ll_index_to_name()
> function. Function result -1 when `name` is NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maks Mishin <maks.mishinFZ@gmail.com>
> ---
>  misc/ifstat.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/misc/ifstat.c b/misc/ifstat.c
> index f6f9ba50..e6c38812 100644
> --- a/misc/ifstat.c
> +++ b/misc/ifstat.c
> @@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ static int get_nlmsg_extended(struct nlmsghdr *m, void *arg)
>  		abort();
>  
>  	n->ifindex = ifsm->ifindex;
> -	n->name = strdup(ll_index_to_name(ifsm->ifindex));
> +	
> +	const char* name = ll_index_to_name(ifsm->ifindex);
> +	if (name == NULL) {
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	n->name = strdup(name);
>  
>  	if (sub_type == NO_SUB_TYPE) {
>  		memcpy(&n->val, RTA_DATA(tb[filter_type]), sizeof(n->val));

iproute follows kernel coding style.
checkpatch complains about this patch.

Also, there are several more strdup() calls in ifstat.

### [PATCH] ifstat: Add NULL pointer check for result of ll_index_to_name()

ERROR:TRAILING_WHITESPACE: trailing whitespace
#105: FILE: misc/ifstat.c:132:
+^I$

ERROR:POINTER_LOCATION: "foo* bar" should be "foo *bar"
#106: FILE: misc/ifstat.c:133:
+	const char* name = ll_index_to_name(ifsm->ifindex);

WARNING:BRACES: braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks
#107: FILE: misc/ifstat.c:134:
+	if (name == NULL) {
+		return -1;
+	}

total: 2 errors, 1 warnings, 13 lines checked
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diff --git a/misc/ifstat.c b/misc/ifstat.c
index f6f9ba50..e6c38812 100644
--- a/misc/ifstat.c
+++ b/misc/ifstat.c
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@  static int get_nlmsg_extended(struct nlmsghdr *m, void *arg)
 		abort();
 
 	n->ifindex = ifsm->ifindex;
-	n->name = strdup(ll_index_to_name(ifsm->ifindex));
+	
+	const char* name = ll_index_to_name(ifsm->ifindex);
+	if (name == NULL) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	n->name = strdup(name);
 
 	if (sub_type == NO_SUB_TYPE) {
 		memcpy(&n->val, RTA_DATA(tb[filter_type]), sizeof(n->val));