arch/x86/kvm/svm.c:5728:5-11: ERROR: allocation function on line 5727 returns NULL not ERR_PTR on failure The various basic memory allocation functions don't return ERR_PTR Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/null/eno.cocci Fixes: 16e737dd7c3c ("KVM: SVM: Add support for SEV LAUNCH_START command") CC: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> --- svm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c @@ -5725,7 +5725,7 @@ static void *copy_user_blob(u64 __user u return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); data = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); - if (IS_ERR(data)) + if (!data) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); if (copy_from_user(data, (void __user *)(uintptr_t)uaddr, len))