From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> kstrdup() is a memory allocation function which can return NULL when some internal memory errors happen. It is better to check the return value of it to catch the error in time during the setup of viafb. Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/video/fbdev/via/viafbdev.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/viafbdev.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/viafbdev.c index 22deb34..2d67c92 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/via/viafbdev.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/via/viafbdev.c @@ -1939,8 +1939,12 @@ static int __init viafb_setup(void) if (!strncmp(this_opt, "viafb_mode1=", 12)) { viafb_mode1 = kstrdup(this_opt + 12, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!viafb_mode1) + return -ENOMEM; } else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "viafb_mode=", 11)) { viafb_mode = kstrdup(this_opt + 11, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!viafb_mode) + return -ENOMEM; } else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "viafb_bpp1=", 11)) { if (kstrtouint(this_opt + 11, 0, &viafb_bpp1) < 0) return -EINVAL; @@ -1969,6 +1973,8 @@ static int __init viafb_setup(void) return -EINVAL; } else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "viafb_active_dev=", 17)) { viafb_active_dev = kstrdup(this_opt + 17, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!viafb_active_dev) + return -ENOMEM; } else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "viafb_display_hardware_layout=", 30)) { if (kstrtoint(this_opt + 30, 0, @@ -1995,8 +2001,12 @@ static int __init viafb_setup(void) return -EINVAL; } else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "viafb_lcd_port=", 15)) { viafb_lcd_port = kstrdup(this_opt + 15, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!viafb_lcd_port) + return -ENOMEM; } else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "viafb_dvi_port=", 15)) { viafb_dvi_port = kstrdup(this_opt + 15, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!viafb_dvi_port) + return -ENOMEM; } } return 0; --