On Mon Aug 11 14, Nicholas Krause wrote: > 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 Look at fw_download_code() in drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_firmware.c _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel