If kmalloc fails wcn36xx_smd_rsp_process will attempt to dereference
a NULL pointer. There might be a better error recovery then just
printing an error, but printing an error message is better then the
current behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
On Sun, Dec 01 2013, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>> + wcn36xx_err("Run out of memory while hnadling SMD_EVENT (%d)\n",
>> + msg_header->msg_type);
>
> Typo hnadling.
Fixed.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
index de9eb2c..3663394 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/smd.c
@@ -2041,13 +2041,20 @@ static void wcn36xx_smd_rsp_process(struct wcn36xx *wcn, void *buf, size_t len)
case WCN36XX_HAL_DELETE_STA_CONTEXT_IND:
mutex_lock(&wcn->hal_ind_mutex);
msg_ind = kmalloc(sizeof(*msg_ind), GFP_KERNEL);
- msg_ind->msg_len = len;
- msg_ind->msg = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
- memcpy(msg_ind->msg, buf, len);
- list_add_tail(&msg_ind->list, &wcn->hal_ind_queue);
- queue_work(wcn->hal_ind_wq, &wcn->hal_ind_work);
- wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "indication arrived\n");
+ if (msg_ind) {
+ msg_ind->msg_len = len;
+ msg_ind->msg = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ memcpy(msg_ind->msg, buf, len);
+ list_add_tail(&msg_ind->list, &wcn->hal_ind_queue);
+ queue_work(wcn->hal_ind_wq, &wcn->hal_ind_work);
+ wcn36xx_dbg(WCN36XX_DBG_HAL, "indication arrived\n");
+ }
mutex_unlock(&wcn->hal_ind_mutex);
+ if (msg_ind)
+ break;
+ /* FIXME: Do something smarter then just printing an error. */
+ wcn36xx_err("Run out of memory while handling SMD_EVENT (%d)\n",
+ msg_header->msg_type);
break;
default:
wcn36xx_err("SMD_EVENT (%d) not supported\n",
--
1.8.4.1
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