linux-kernel - [PATCH] media: meson: Add NULL check after the call to kmalloc()

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Date:   Wed, 4 Sep 2019 17:22:32 +0900
From:   Austin Kim <austindh.kim@...il.com>
To:     mchehab@...nel.org, khilman@...libre.com
Cc:     mjourdan@...libre.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@...ts.infradead.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] media: meson: Add NULL check after the call to kmalloc()

If the kmalloc() return NULL, the NULL pointer dereference will occur.
	new_ts->ts = ts;

Add exception check after the call to kmalloc() is made.

Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austindh.kim@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
index f16948b..e7e56d5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ void amvdec_add_ts_reorder(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts, u32 offset)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	new_ts = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_ts), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_ts) {
+		dev_err(sess->core->dev, "Failed to kmalloc()\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	new_ts->ts = ts;
 	new_ts->offset = offset;
 
-- 
2.6.2