netdev - [PATCH] net: spi: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Sun, 10 Mar 2019 01:57:33 -0600
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com>,
        Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: spi: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

In case alloc_workqueue fails to allocate the work queue and
returns NULL, the fix releases the resources and returns
-ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
---
 drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c
index e90817608645..2737b9a20dfe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251x.c
@@ -962,6 +962,14 @@ static int mcp251x_open(struct net_device *net)
 
 	priv->wq = alloc_workqueue("mcp251x_wq", WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM,
 				   0);
+	if (unlikely(!priv->wq)) {
+		dev_err(&spi->dev, "failed to allocate work queue\n");
+		mcp251x_power_enable(priv->transceiver, 0);
+		close_candev(net);
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto open_unlock;
+	}
+
 	INIT_WORK(&priv->tx_work, mcp251x_tx_work_handler);
 	INIT_WORK(&priv->restart_work, mcp251x_restart_work_handler);
 
-- 
2.17.1