linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtlwifi: rtl8822b: fix to avoid NULL pointer dereference

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Message-ID: <20190320072357.GB2647@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:23:57 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, kjlu@....edu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sabin Mihai Rapan <sabin.rapan@...il.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtlwifi: rtl8822b: fix to avoid NULL pointer
 dereference

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 03:21:25PM -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> skb allocated via dev_alloc_skb can fail and return a NULL pointer.
> This patch avoids such a scenario and returns, consistent with other
> invocations.
> 
> ---
> v1: Patch collision with rtl_phydm.c, fix as per Greg
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>

Same here, has to be above.