kasprintf() would return NULL pointer when kmalloc() fail to allocate. Need to check the return pointer before calling strcmp(). Fixes: 7a824e214e25 ("ASoC: mmp: add audio dma support") Signed-off-by: Zeng Heng <zengheng4@xxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/pxa/mmp-pcm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/pxa/mmp-pcm.c b/sound/soc/pxa/mmp-pcm.c index 5d520e18e512..99b245e3079a 100644 --- a/sound/soc/pxa/mmp-pcm.c +++ b/sound/soc/pxa/mmp-pcm.c @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static bool filter(struct dma_chan *chan, void *param) devname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s.%d", dma_data->dma_res->name, dma_data->ssp_id); - if ((strcmp(dev_name(chan->device->dev), devname) == 0) && + if (devname && (strcmp(dev_name(chan->device->dev), devname) == 0) && (chan->chan_id == dma_data->dma_res->start)) { found = true; } -- 2.25.1