linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 040/129] tty: ipwireless: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Sun, 07 Jul 2019 17:54:17 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "YueHaibing" <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 040/129] tty: ipwireless: Fix potential NULL pointer
 dereference

3.16.70-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>

commit 7dd50e205b3348dc7784efbdf85723551de64a25 upstream.

There is a potential NULL pointer dereference in case
alloc_ctrl_packet() fails and returns NULL.

Fixes: 099dc4fb6265 ("ipwireless: driver for PC Card 3G/UMTS modem")
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/tty/ipwireless/hardware.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/tty/ipwireless/hardware.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/ipwireless/hardware.c
@@ -1515,6 +1515,8 @@ static void ipw_send_setup_packet(struct
 			sizeof(struct ipw_setup_get_version_query_packet),
 			ADDR_SETUP_PROT, TL_PROTOCOLID_SETUP,
 			TL_SETUP_SIGNO_GET_VERSION_QRY);
+	if (!ver_packet)
+		return;
 	ver_packet->header.length = sizeof(struct tl_setup_get_version_qry);
 
 	/*