linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 10/91] libertas: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Message-Id: <20191210223035.14270-10-sashal@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:29:14 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        libertas-dev@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.9 10/91] libertas: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

From: Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>

[ Upstream commit 7da413a18583baaf35dd4a8eb414fa410367d7f2 ]

alloc_workqueue is not checked for errors and as a result,
a potential NULL dereference could occur.

Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c
index 06a57c7089920..44da911c9a1a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,10 @@ static int if_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
 
 	spin_lock_init(&card->lock);
 	card->workqueue = alloc_workqueue("libertas_sdio", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	if (unlikely(!card->workqueue)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_queue;
+	}
 	INIT_WORK(&card->packet_worker, if_sdio_host_to_card_worker);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&card->pwron_waitq);
 
@@ -1282,6 +1286,7 @@ static int if_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
 	lbs_remove_card(priv);
 free:
 	destroy_workqueue(card->workqueue);
+err_queue:
 	while (card->packets) {
 		packet = card->packets;
 		card->packets = card->packets->next;
-- 
2.20.1