linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: return -ENOMEM on failed allocation of priv->oldaddr

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Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:28:49 +0000
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: return -ENOMEM on failed allocation of priv->oldaddr

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Currently the allocation of priv->oldaddr is not null checked which will
lead to subsequent errors when accessing priv->oldaddr.  Fix this with
a null pointer check and a return of -ENOMEM on allocation failure.

Detected with Coccinelle:
drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c:1708:2-15: alloc with no test,
possible model on line 1723

Fixes: 8fc8598e61f6 ("Staging: Added Realtek rtl8192u driver to staging")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
index 3c300f7b6a62..d607c59761cf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
@@ -1706,6 +1706,8 @@ static short rtl8192_usb_initendpoints(struct net_device *dev)
 
 		priv->rx_urb[16] = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
 		priv->oldaddr = kmalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!priv->oldaddr)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		oldaddr = priv->oldaddr;
 		align = ((long)oldaddr) & 3;
 		if (align) {
-- 
2.15.1