linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.1 124/405] net: cw1200: fix a NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 20:02:02 -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 5.1 124/405] net: cw1200: fix a NULL pointer dereference

[ Upstream commit 0ed2a005347400500a39ea7c7318f1fea57fb3ca ]

In case create_singlethread_workqueue fails, the fix free the
hardware and returns NULL 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/st/cw1200/main.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c
index 90dc979f260b6..c1608f0bf6d01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c
@@ -345,6 +345,11 @@ static struct ieee80211_hw *cw1200_init_common(const u8 *macaddr,
 	mutex_init(&priv->wsm_cmd_mux);
 	mutex_init(&priv->conf_mutex);
 	priv->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("cw1200_wq");
+	if (!priv->workqueue) {
+		ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	sema_init(&priv->scan.lock, 1);
 	INIT_WORK(&priv->scan.work, cw1200_scan_work);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&priv->scan.probe_work, cw1200_probe_work);
-- 
2.20.1