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Message-Id: <20120817030244.740450406@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:02:49 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	<rucsoftsec@...il.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [ 06/37] caif: fix NULL pointer check

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>

[ Upstream commit c66b9b7d365444b433307ebb18734757cb668a02 ]

Reported-by: <rucsoftsec@...il.com>
Resolves-bug: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug?44441
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
index 23406e6..ae286a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ static int ldisc_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	sprintf(name, "cf%s", tty->name);
 	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*ser), name, caifdev_setup);
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ser = netdev_priv(dev);
 	ser->tty = tty_kref_get(tty);
 	ser->dev = dev;


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