[PATCH] net: rtl8192c: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
From: Kangjie Lu
Date: Tue Mar 12 2019 - 03:59:59 EST
In case dev_alloc_skb fails, the fix safely returns to avoid
potential NULL pointer dereference.
Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/fw_common.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/fw_common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/fw_common.c
index 18c76990a089..9042fc044c7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/fw_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/fw_common.c
@@ -623,6 +623,9 @@ void rtl92c_set_fw_rsvdpagepkt(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
u1rsvdpageloc, 3);
skb = dev_alloc_skb(totalpacketlen);
+ if (!skb)
+ return;
+
skb_put_data(skb, &reserved_page_packet, totalpacketlen);
if (cmd_send_packet)
--
2.17.1