From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> devm_kmalloc() returns a pointer to allocated memory on success, NULL on failure. While there is a memory allocation of devm_kmalloc() without proper check. It is better to check the return value of it to prevent wrong memory access. Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wfx/main.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c b/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c index f83df9f..5d4fcc3 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wfx/main.c @@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ struct wfx_dev *wfx_init_common(struct device *dev, hw->wiphy->n_iface_combinations = ARRAY_SIZE(wfx_iface_combinations); hw->wiphy->iface_combinations = wfx_iface_combinations; hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ] = devm_kmalloc(dev, sizeof(wfx_band_2ghz), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ]) + goto err; + // FIXME: also copy wfx_rates and wfx_2ghz_chantable memcpy(hw->wiphy->bands[NL80211_BAND_2GHZ], &wfx_band_2ghz, sizeof(wfx_band_2ghz)); --