__netdev_alloc_skb() return NULl when it fails. skb_put() further uses it even when the allocation fails, leading to NULL pointer dereference. The fix inserts a check for the return value of __netdev_alloc_skb(). Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c index a40396614814..f061dd1382aa 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/rtl8822be/fw.c @@ -486,6 +486,8 @@ bool rtl8822b_halmac_cb_write_data_h2c(struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv, u8 *buf, /* without GFP_DMA, pci_map_single() may not work */ skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(NULL, size, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA); + if (!skb) + return false; memcpy((u8 *)skb_put(skb, size), buf, size); return _rtl8822be_send_bcn_or_cmd_packet(rtlpriv->hw, skb, H2C_QUEUE); -- 2.17.2 (Apple Git-113) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel