Add the check for the return value of the create_singlethread_workqueue in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Fixes: b481de9ca074 ("[IWLWIFI]: add iwlwifi wireless drivers") Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c index 721b4042b4bf..841b4d5bd3b4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/4965-mac.c @@ -6211,10 +6211,12 @@ il4965_bg_txpower_work(struct work_struct *work) mutex_unlock(&il->mutex); } -static void +static int il4965_setup_deferred_work(struct il_priv *il) { il->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue(DRV_NAME); + if (!il->workqueue) + return -ENOMEM; init_waitqueue_head(&il->wait_command_queue); @@ -6233,6 +6235,8 @@ il4965_setup_deferred_work(struct il_priv *il) timer_setup(&il->watchdog, il_bg_watchdog, 0); tasklet_setup(&il->irq_tasklet, il4965_irq_tasklet); + + return 0; } static void @@ -6618,7 +6622,11 @@ il4965_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) goto out_disable_msi; } - il4965_setup_deferred_work(il); + err = il4965_setup_deferred_work(il); + if (err) { + goto out_free_irq; + } + il4965_setup_handlers(il); /********************************************* @@ -6656,6 +6664,7 @@ il4965_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) out_destroy_workqueue: destroy_workqueue(il->workqueue); il->workqueue = NULL; +out_free_irq: free_irq(il->pci_dev->irq, il); out_disable_msi: pci_disable_msi(il->pci_dev); -- 2.25.1