[PATCH] drivers/perf: Add NULL check in tx2_uncore_pmu_register

Henry Martin bsdhenrymartin at gmail.com
Mon Mar 31 03:23:46 PDT 2025


When devm_kasprintf() fails, it returns a NULL pointer. However, this return value is not properly checked in the function tx2_uncore_pmu_register.

A NULL check should be added after the devm_kasprintf() to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference error.

Fixes: 69c32972d5938 ("Add Cavium ThunderX2 SoC UNCORE PMU driver")

Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c
index 6ed4707bd6bb..ea36a82c3577 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/thunderx2_pmu.c
@@ -738,7 +738,8 @@ static int tx2_uncore_pmu_register(
 
 	tx2_pmu->pmu.name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL,
 			"%s", name);
-
+	if (!tx2_pmu->pmu.name)
+		return -ENOMEM
 	return perf_pmu_register(&tx2_pmu->pmu, tx2_pmu->pmu.name, -1);
 }
 
-- 
2.34.1




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