When kzalloc fails, "platform_state->inited = 1" is a NULL pointer dereference. The fix returns VCHIQ_ERROR in case it failed to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> --- .../staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_2835_arm.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_2835_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_2835_arm.c index dd4898861b83..0f12fe617575 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_2835_arm.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_2835_arm.c @@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ vchiq_platform_init_state(struct vchiq_state *state) struct vchiq_2835_state *platform_state; state->platform_state = kzalloc(sizeof(*platform_state), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!state->platform_state) + return VCHIQ_ERROR; platform_state = (struct vchiq_2835_state *)state->platform_state; platform_state->inited = 1; -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
