In rtl8192_init_priv_variable allocation for priv->pFirmware may fail, so a null check is necessary.priv->pFirmware is accessed later in rtl8192_adapter_start. I added the check and made appropriate changes to propagate the errno to the caller. --- Update v2: fixed style errors Update V3: fixed prefix Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c index fe1f279ca368..569d02240bf5 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c @@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ static void rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(struct net_device *dev, u8 wireless_mode) } /* init priv variables here. only non_zero value should be initialized here. */ -static void rtl8192_init_priv_variable(struct net_device *dev) +static int rtl8192_init_priv_variable(struct net_device *dev) { struct r8192_priv *priv = ieee80211_priv(dev); u8 i; @@ -2223,6 +2223,8 @@ static void rtl8192_init_priv_variable(struct net_device *dev) priv->AcmControl = 0; priv->pFirmware = kzalloc(sizeof(rt_firmware), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!priv->pFirmware) + return -ENOMEM; /* rx related queue */ skb_queue_head_init(&priv->rx_queue); @@ -2236,6 +2238,8 @@ static void rtl8192_init_priv_variable(struct net_device *dev) for (i = 0; i < MAX_QUEUE_SIZE; i++) skb_queue_head_init(&priv->ieee80211->skb_drv_aggQ[i]); priv->rf_set_chan = rtl8192_phy_SwChnl; + + return 0; } /* init lock here */ @@ -2605,7 +2609,10 @@ static short rtl8192_init(struct net_device *dev) memcpy(priv->txqueue_to_outpipemap, queuetopipe, 9); } #endif - rtl8192_init_priv_variable(dev); + err = rtl8192_init_priv_variable(dev); + if (err) + return err; + rtl8192_init_priv_lock(priv); rtl8192_init_priv_task(dev); rtl8192_get_eeprom_size(dev); -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel