Re: [PATCH] drm/amdgpu/atom: Check kcalloc() for WS buffer in amdgpu_atom_execute_table_locked()

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> kcalloc() may fail. When WS is non-zero and allocation fails, ectx.ws
> remains NULL while ectx.ws_size is set, leading to a potential NULL
> pointer dereference in atom_get_src_int() when accessing WS entries.
>
> Return -ENOMEM on allocation failure to avoid the NULL dereference.
>
> Fixes: 6396bb221514 ("treewide: kzalloc() -> kcalloc()")
> Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130...@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c 
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c
> index 82a02f831951..bed3083f317b 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/atom.c
> @@ -1247,9 +1247,9 @@ static int amdgpu_atom_execute_table_locked(struct 
> atom_context *ctx, int index,
>         if (ws) {
>                 ectx.ws = kcalloc(4, ws, GFP_KERNEL);
>                 if (!ectx.ws) {
> -               ret = -ENOMEM;
> -               goto free;
> -        }
> +                       ret = -ENOMEM;
> +                       goto free;
> +               }

What branch is this patch against?  This doesn't apply as is.  I've
fixed this up manually and applied it.

Thanks,

Alex

>                 ectx.ws_size = ws;
>         } else {
>                 ectx.ws = NULL;
> --
> 2.43.0
>