linux-kernel - [PATCH] mfd: sm501: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Sat,  2 Mar 2019 15:27:27 -0600
From:   Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
To:     pakki001@....edu
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mfd: sm501: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

lookup variable on failure of allocating memory via devm_kzalloc
can cause a NULL pointer dereference. This patch avoids such a scenario.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
---
 drivers/mfd/sm501.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/sm501.c b/drivers/mfd/sm501.c
index a530972c5a7e..e0173bf4b0dc 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/sm501.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/sm501.c
@@ -1145,6 +1145,9 @@ static int sm501_register_gpio_i2c_instance(struct sm501_devdata *sm,
 	lookup = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
 			      sizeof(*lookup) + 3 * sizeof(struct gpiod_lookup),
 			      GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!lookup)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	lookup->dev_id = "i2c-gpio";
 	if (iic->pin_sda < 32)
 		lookup->table[0].chip_label = "SM501-LOW";
-- 
2.17.1