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Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported drm_get_format_name() function.

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From Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>
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Subject Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported drm_get_format_name() function.
Date Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:40:02 +0100
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On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:23:59PM -0500, Rob Clark wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Ville Syrjälä
> <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 04:41:06PM +0000, Liviu Dudau wrote:
> >> drm_get_format_name() de-references the buf parameter without checking
> >> if the pointer was not NULL. Given that the function is EXPORT-ed, lets
> >> sanitise the parameters before proceeding.
> >>
> >> Fixes: b3c11ac267d461d3d5 ("drm: move allocation out of drm_get_format_name())
> >> Cc: Eric Engestrom <eric@engestrom.ch>
> >> Cc: Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com>
> >> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
> >> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c | 3 +++
> >>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c
> >> index 90d2cc8..0a3ff0b 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fourcc.c
> >> @@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_mode_legacy_fb_format);
> >>   */
> >>  const char *drm_get_format_name(uint32_t format, struct drm_format_name_buf *buf)
> >>  {
> >> +     if (!buf)
> >> +             return NULL;
> >> +
> >
> > Seems rather pointless to me. Why would you ever pass NULL to this guy?
> 
> perhaps BUG_ON(!buf)...

And how does that differ from just buf->foo?

> 
> BR,
> -R
> 
> >>       snprintf(buf->str, sizeof(buf->str),
> >>                "%c%c%c%c %s-endian (0x%08x)",
> >>                printable_char(format & 0xff),
> >> --
> >> 2.10.2
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> >> https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
> >
> > --
> > Ville Syrjälä
> > Intel OTC
> > _______________________________________________
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> > dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel

-- 
Ville Syrjälä
Intel OTC

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[PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported drm_get_format_name() function. Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> - 2016-11-22 17:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> - 2016-11-22 18:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 18:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 18:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> - 2016-11-22 19:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org> - 2016-11-22 19:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> - 2016-11-22 20:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Rob Clark <robdclark@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 23:10 +0100
        [PATCH v2] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported drm_get_format_name() function. Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> - 2016-11-23 12:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported drm_get_format_name() function. Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-11-23 12:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> - 2016-11-23 12:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> - 2016-11-23 13:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported drm_get_format_name() function. Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-11-23 13:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> - 2016-11-23 14:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com> - 2016-11-22 18:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] drm: check for NULL parameter in exported  drm_get_format_name() function. Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com> - 2016-11-22 19:50 +0100

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