[PATCH v3] staging: rtlwifi: rtl8822b: fix to avoid NULL pointer dereference

From: Aditya Pakki
Date: Wed Mar 20 2019 - 13:02:57 EST


skb allocated via dev_alloc_skb can fail and return a NULL pointer.
This patch avoids such a scenario and returns, consistent with other
invocations.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>

---
v2: Move signed off above the version change log
v1: Patch collision with rtl_phydm.c, fix as per Greg
---
drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c
index f061dd1382aa..cf6b7a80b753 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c
@@ -743,6 +743,8 @@ void rtl8822be_set_fw_rsvdpagepkt(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, bool b_dl_finished)
u1_rsvd_page_loc, 3);

skb = dev_alloc_skb(totalpacketlen);
+ if (!skb)
+ return;
memcpy((u8 *)skb_put(skb, totalpacketlen), &reserved_page_packet,
totalpacketlen);

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2.17.1