[PATCH v1] MIPS: ip22-gio: Add check for the return value of kzalloc()
From: QintaoShen
Date: Mon Mar 28 2022 - 04:04:41 EST
Since the memory allocation function kzalloc() may return a NULL pointer,
the use of 'gio_dev' may lead to NULL pointer dereference.
So it is better to check the return value of kzalloc().
Signed-off-by: QintaoShen <unSimple1993@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
index dfc52f6..df7ca21 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip22/ip22-gio.c
@@ -363,7 +363,11 @@ static void ip22_check_gio(int slotno, unsigned long addr, int irq)
printk(KERN_INFO "GIO: slot %d : %s (id %x)\n",
slotno, name, id);
gio_dev = kzalloc(sizeof *gio_dev, GFP_KERNEL);
- gio_dev->name = name;
+
+ if (!gio_dev)
+ return ;
+
+ gio_dev->name = name;
gio_dev->slotno = slotno;
gio_dev->id.id = id;
gio_dev->resource.start = addr;
--
2.7.4