linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: fix null dereference when kzalloc fails

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Date:   Thu, 3 Oct 2019 14:05:51 -0700
From:   Connor Kuehl <connor.kuehl@...onical.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8188eu: fix null dereference when kzalloc
 fails

On 10/1/19 6:11 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> There is another one earlier in the function as well.
> 
> drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c
>     336
>     337          pnetdev = rtw_init_netdev(padapter);
>     338          if (!pnetdev)
>     339                  goto free_adapter;
>     340          SET_NETDEV_DEV(pnetdev, dvobj_to_dev(dvobj));
>     341          padapter = rtw_netdev_priv(pnetdev);
>     342
>     343          if (padapter->registrypriv.monitor_enable) {
>     344                  pmondev = rtl88eu_mon_init();
>     345                  if (!pmondev)
>     346                          netdev_warn(pnetdev, "Failed to initialize monitor interface");
> 
> goto free_adapter.
> 
>     347                  padapter->pmondev = pmondev;
>     348          }
>     349
>     350          padapter->HalData = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hal_data_8188e), GFP_KERNEL);
>     351          if (!padapter->HalData)
>     352                  DBG_88E("cant not alloc memory for HAL DATA\n");
>     353
> 
>>   	padapter->HalData = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hal_data_8188e), GFP_KERNEL);
>> -	if (!padapter->HalData)
>> -		DBG_88E("cant not alloc memory for HAL DATA\n");
>> +	if (!padapter->HalData) {
>> +		DBG_88E("Failed to allocate memory for HAL data\n");
> 
> Remove this debug printk.
> 
>> +		goto free_adapter;
>> +	}

Hi Dan,

Sorry for such a late response! By the time I saw the e-mail with your 
feedback I also saw another e-mail saying this patch was accepted into a 
staging-linus tree. I'll address your comments in a separate patch.

Thank you,

Connor