netdev - [PATCH net-next] cxgb4: Check for kvzalloc allocation failure

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Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 15:07:18 +0800
From:   YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     <ganeshgr@...lsio.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] cxgb4: Check for kvzalloc allocation failure

t4_prep_fw doesn't check for card_fw pointer before store the read data,
which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference if kvzalloc failed.

Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 130d1ee..019cffe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -4135,6 +4135,10 @@ static int adap_init0(struct adapter *adap)
 		 * card
 		 */
 		card_fw = kvzalloc(sizeof(*card_fw), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!card_fw) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto bye;
+		}
 
 		/* Get FW from from /lib/firmware/ */
 		ret = request_firmware(&fw, fw_info->fw_mod_name,
-- 
2.7.0