From: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]> If kmalloc fails wcn36xx_smd_rsp_process will attempt to dereference a NULL pointer. There might be a better error recovery then just printing an error, but printing an error message is better then the current behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c index de9eb2c..10d6ae9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c @@ -2041,13 +2041,23 @@ static void wcn36xx_smd_rsp_process(struct wcn36xx *wcn, void *buf, size_t len) case WCN36XX_HAL_DELETE_STA_CONTEXT_IND: mutex_lock(&wcn->hal_ind_mutex); msg_ind = kmalloc(sizeof(*msg_ind), GFP_KERNEL); - msg_ind->msg_len = len; - msg_ind->msg = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); - memcpy(msg_ind->msg, buf, len); - list_add_tail(&msg_ind->list, &wcn->hal_ind_queue); - queue_work(wcn->hal_ind_wq, &wcn->hal_ind_work); - wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "indication arrived\n"); + if (msg_ind) { + msg_ind->msg_len = len; + msg_ind->msg = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); + memcpy(msg_ind->msg, buf, len); + list_add_tail(&msg_ind->list, &wcn->hal_ind_queue); + queue_work(wcn->hal_ind_wq, &wcn->hal_ind_work); + wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "indication arrived\n"); + } mutex_unlock(&wcn->hal_ind_mutex); + if (!msg_ind) { + /* + * FIXME: Do something smarter then just + * printing an error when allocation fails. + */ + wcn36xx_err("Run out of memory while hnadling SMD_EVENT (%d)\n", + msg_header->msg_type); + } break; default: wcn36xx_err("SMD_EVENT (%d) not supported\n", -- 1.8.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
