linux-kernel - [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: add NULL pointer check

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Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 03:27:44 +0000
From:   cgel.zte@...il.com
To:     james.smart@...adcom.com
Cc:     dick.kennedy@...adcom.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: add NULL pointer check

From: Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@....com.cn>

kzalloc() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when some
internal memory errors happen. It is safer to check NULL pointer.

Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@....com.cn>
---
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
index eed6464bd880..6cc8765b0a92 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
@@ -7159,6 +7159,8 @@ lpfc_sli4_cgn_params_read(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
 	/* Find out if the FW has a new set of congestion parameters. */
 	len = sizeof(struct lpfc_cgn_param);
 	pdata = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pdata)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	ret = lpfc_read_object(phba, (char *)LPFC_PORT_CFG_NAME,
 			       pdata, len);
 
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