We accidentally don't see the error code on some of these error paths. It means we return ERR_PTR(0) which is NULL and it results in a NULL dereference in the caller. This bug dates to pre-git days. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c index 6e86eeee370e..ddd8114b6713 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c @@ -2212,6 +2212,7 @@ static struct net_device *ipoib_add_port(const char *format, goto register_failed; } + result = -ENOMEM; if (ipoib_cm_add_mode_attr(priv->dev)) goto sysfs_failed; if (ipoib_add_pkey_attr(priv->dev)) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
