linux-kernel - [PATCH] hid: logitech: check the return value of create_singlethread

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Date:   Fri,  8 Mar 2019 22:43:45 -0600
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] hid: logitech: check the return value of create_singlethread_workqueue

create_singlethread_workqueue may fail and return NULL. The fix
checks if it is NULL to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
index 15ed6177a7a3..efbc39b92aa2 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c
@@ -2156,6 +2156,9 @@ static int hidpp_ff_init(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 feature_index)
 
 	/* init the hardware command queue */
 	data->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("hidpp-ff-sendqueue");
+	if (!data->wq)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	atomic_set(&data->workqueue_size, 0);
 
 	/* initialize with zero autocenter to get wheel in usable state */
-- 
2.17.1