linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.0 223/346] rtlwifi: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 20:04:56 -0700
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.0 223/346] rtlwifi: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

[ Upstream commit 765976285a8c8db3f0eb7f033829a899d0c2786e ]

In case alloc_workqueue fails, the fix reports the error and
returns to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
index ef9b502ce576b..a3189294ecb80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ static void _rtl_init_deferred_work(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
 	/* <2> work queue */
 	rtlpriv->works.hw = hw;
 	rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq = alloc_workqueue("%s", 0, 0, rtlpriv->cfg->name);
+	if (unlikely(!rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq)) {
+		pr_err("Failed to allocate work queue\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtlpriv->works.watchdog_wq,
 			  (void *)rtl_watchdog_wq_callback);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rtlpriv->works.ips_nic_off_wq,
-- 
2.20.1