kzalloc() can return NULL if it fails, and then we will be dereferencing a NULL pointer. Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c b/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c index d155262..205f2c2 100644 --- a/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/hdac_hdmi.c @@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ static int hdac_hdmi_set_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, } dd = kzalloc(sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!dd) + return -ENOMEM; dd->format = snd_hdac_calc_stream_format(params_rate(hparams), params_channels(hparams), params_format(hparams), 24, 0); -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel