If the kmalloc() return NULL, the NULL pointer dereference will occur. new_ts->ts = ts; Add exception check after the call to kmalloc() is made. Signed-off-by: Austin Kim <austindh.kim@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c index f16948b..e7e56d5 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/meson/vdec/vdec_helpers.c @@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ void amvdec_add_ts_reorder(struct amvdec_session *sess, u64 ts, u32 offset) unsigned long flags; new_ts = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_ts), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!new_ts) { + dev_err(sess->core->dev, "Failed to kmalloc()\n"); + return; + } new_ts->ts = ts; new_ts->offset = offset; -- 2.6.2 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel