Re: [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep: avoid NULL pointer dereference in rtw_cbuf_alloc

[Dan Carpenter]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 12:43:06PM +0530, Shyam Sunder Reddy Padira wrote:
> The return value of kzalloc_flex() is used without
> ensuring that the allocation succeeded, and the
> pointer is dereferenced unconditionally.
> 
> Guard the access to the allocated structure to
> avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference if the
> allocation fails.
> 
> Fixes: 980cd426a257 ("staging: rtl8723bs: replace rtw_zmalloc() with kzalloc()")
> Signed-off-by: Shyam Sunder Reddy Padira <shyamsunderreddypadira@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> changes in v3:
> -Shortened commit hash in Fixes tag to 12 characters
> -Removed blank line between Signed-off-by and Fixes tag

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>

regards,
dan carpenter