Re: [PATCH][next] ath11k: add missing null check on allocated skb

[Kalle Valo]

Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently the null check on a newly allocated skb is missing and
> this can lead to a null pointer dereference is the allocation fails.
> Fix this by adding a null check and returning -ENOMEM.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return")
> Fixes: 43ed15e1ee01 ("ath11k: put hw to DBS using WMI_PDEV_SET_HW_MODE_CMDID")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-current branch of ath.git, thanks.

c86a36a621f2 ath11k: add missing null check on allocated skb

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