altera_hw_filt_init() which calls append_internal() assumes that the node was successfully linked in while in fact it can silently fail. So the call-site needs to set return to -ENOMEM on append_internal() returning NULL and exit through the err path. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 349bcf02e361 ("[media] Altera FPGA based CI driver module") --- Problem located with experimental coccinelle script Patch was compile tested with: x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_MEDIA_SUPPORT=y, CONFIG_OF=y, CONFIG_MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT=y, CONFIG_MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT=y, CONFIG_MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT=y, CONFIG_DRM_SIL_SII8620=y, CONFIG_VIDEO_CX23885=y, CONFIG_MEDIA_ALTERA_CI=y Patch is against 4.19-rc2 (localversion-next is next-20180907) drivers/media/pci/cx23885/altera-ci.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/altera-ci.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/altera-ci.c index 62bc804..198c05e 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/altera-ci.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/altera-ci.c @@ -665,6 +665,10 @@ static int altera_hw_filt_init(struct altera_ci_config *config, int hw_filt_nr) } temp_int = append_internal(inter); + if (!temp_int) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto err; + } inter->filts_used = 1; inter->dev = config->dev; inter->fpga_rw = config->fpga_rw; @@ -699,6 +703,7 @@ static int altera_hw_filt_init(struct altera_ci_config *config, int hw_filt_nr) __func__, ret); kfree(pid_filt); + kfree(inter); return ret; } @@ -733,6 +738,10 @@ int altera_ci_init(struct altera_ci_config *config, int ci_nr) } temp_int = append_internal(inter); + if (!temp_int) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto err; + } inter->cis_used = 1; inter->dev = config->dev; inter->fpga_rw = config->fpga_rw; @@ -801,6 +810,7 @@ int altera_ci_init(struct altera_ci_config *config, int ci_nr) ci_dbg_print("%s: Cannot initialize CI: Error %d.\n", __func__, ret); kfree(state); + kfree(inter); return ret; } -- 2.1.4