kmemdup() return NULL when some internal memory errors happen, it is better to check the return value of it. Otherwise, some memory errors will not be catched in time and may further result in wrong memory access. Signed-off-by: xkernel <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/thunderbolt/icm.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/icm.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/icm.c index 6255f1e..fff0c74 100644 --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/icm.c +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/icm.c @@ -1741,8 +1741,13 @@ static void icm_handle_event(struct tb *tb, enum tb_cfg_pkg_type type, if (!n) return; - INIT_WORK(&n->work, icm_handle_notification); n->pkg = kmemdup(buf, size, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!n->pkg) { + kfree(n); + return; + } + + INIT_WORK(&n->work, icm_handle_notification); n->tb = tb; queue_work(tb->wq, &n->work); --