Function alloc_skb() will return a NULL pointer when there is no enough memory. However, the return value of alloc_skb() is directly used without validation in function send_fw_pass_open_req(). This patches checks the return value of alloc_skb() against NULL. Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c index 03a1b0e..196969c 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c @@ -3800,6 +3800,8 @@ static void send_fw_pass_open_req(struct c4iw_dev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, int ret; req_skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(struct fw_ofld_connection_wr), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!req_skb) + return; req = (struct fw_ofld_connection_wr *)__skb_put(req_skb, sizeof(*req)); memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req)); req->op_compl = htonl(WR_OP_V(FW_OFLD_CONNECTION_WR) | FW_WR_COMPL_F); -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html