linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] nvmem: sunxi: Check for memory allocation failure

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Date:	Sun, 4 Oct 2015 12:04:21 +0100
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
Cc:	maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] nvmem: sunxi: Check for memory allocation failure

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 01:36:31PM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> From: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
> 
> The sunxi_sid driver doesn't check for kmalloc return status before
> derefencing the returned pointer, which could lead to a NULL pointer
> dereference if kmalloc failed. Check for its return code to make sure it
> deosn't happen.
> 
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
> ---
>  drivers/nvmem/sunxi_sid.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

No signed-off-by: from you on this patch?

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