I am fixing the bug entry , https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60461. This entry states that we are not checking the skb allocated in fw_download_code and after checking I fixed it to check for the NULL value before using the allocate skb. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c index 1a95d1f..817e50e 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address, } skb = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length + 4); + if (skb == NULL) + return !rt_status; memcpy((unsigned char *)(skb->cb), &dev, sizeof(dev)); tcb_desc = (struct cb_desc *)(skb->cb + MAX_DEV_ADDR_SIZE); tcb_desc->queue_index = TXCMD_QUEUE; -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
