From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Check that the result of kmalloc is not NULL before passing it to other functions. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression *x; identifier f; constant char *C; @@ x = \(kmalloc\|kcalloc\|kzalloc\)(...); ... when != x == NULL when != x != NULL when != (x || ...) ( kfree(x) | f(...,C,...,x,...) | *f(...,x,...) | *x->f ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sr.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c index cce0fe4..3fbf42e 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c @@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ static int sr_media_change(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi, int slot) } sshdr = kzalloc(sizeof(*sshdr), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!sshdr) + return -ENOMEM; retval = sr_test_unit_ready(cd->device, sshdr); if (retval || (scsi_sense_valid(sshdr) && /* 0x3a is medium not present */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html