netdev - [PATCH] net: iwlegacy: fix potential NULL pointer dereferences

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Date:   Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:37:57 -0500
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: iwlegacy: fix potential NULL pointer dereferences

In case create_singlethread_workqueue fails, the fix immediately
return to avoid NULL pointer dereferences.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c | 2 ++
 drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
index 271977f7fbb0..d23ee2ca0c8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
@@ -3403,6 +3403,8 @@ static void
 il3945_setup_deferred_work(struct il_priv *il)
 {
 	il->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue(DRV_NAME);
+	if (!il->workqueue)
+		return;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&il->wait_command_queue);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
index 94222ae464ae..2c555c9f1ff4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c
@@ -6236,6 +6236,8 @@ static void
 il4965_setup_deferred_work(struct il_priv *il)
 {
 	il->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue(DRV_NAME);
+	if (!il->workqueue)
+		return;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&il->wait_command_queue);
 
-- 
2.17.1