linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] omapfb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in kmalloc

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Message-ID: <d9416512-1daf-252d-409c-5826445510b0@samsung.com>
Date:   Mon, 1 Apr 2019 15:01:46 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] omapfb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in
 kmalloc


On 03/02/2019 09:40 PM, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> Memory allocated, using kmalloc, for new_compat may fail. This patch
> checks for such an error and prevents potential NULL pointer
> dereference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>

Patch queued for v5.2, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics