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

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Date:   Tue, 2 Apr 2019 04:53:17 +0100
From:   Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mfd: sm501: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

On Sat, 02 Mar 2019, Aditya Pakki wrote:

> 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(+)

Applied, thanks.

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