netdev - [PATCH] au1000_eth: possible NULL dereference of aup->mii_bus->irq in au1000

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Date:	Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:40:15 +0200
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH] au1000_eth: possible NULL dereference of aup->mii_bus->irq
 in au1000_probe()

aup->mii_bus->irq allocation may fail, prevent a dereference of NULL.

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c b/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
index d3c734f..02e4be0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
@@ -1157,6 +1157,9 @@ static struct net_device * au1000_probe(int port_num)
 	aup->mii_bus->name = "au1000_eth_mii";
 	snprintf(aup->mii_bus->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "%x", aup->mac_id);
 	aup->mii_bus->irq = kmalloc(sizeof(int)*PHY_MAX_ADDR, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (aup->mii_bus->irq == NULL)
+		goto err_out;
+
 	for(i = 0; i < PHY_MAX_ADDR; ++i)
 		aup->mii_bus->irq[i] = PHY_POLL;
 
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