The kzalloc() in brcmf_pmksa_v3_op() will return null if the physical memory has run out. As a result, if we dereference the null value, the null pointer dereference bug will happen. Return -ENOMEM from brcmf_pmksa_v3_op() if kzalloc() fails for pmk_op. Fixes: a96202acaea4 ("wifi: brcmfmac: cfg80211: Add support for PMKID_V3 operations") Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c index 28d6a30cc01..3b420b33188 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c @@ -4322,6 +4322,10 @@ brcmf_pmksa_v3_op(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct cfg80211_pmksa *pmksa, int ret; pmk_op = kzalloc(sizeof(*pmk_op), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!pmk_op) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } pmk_op->version = cpu_to_le16(BRCMF_PMKSA_VER_3); if (!pmksa) { @@ -4340,6 +4344,7 @@ brcmf_pmksa_v3_op(struct brcmf_if *ifp, struct cfg80211_pmksa *pmksa, pmk_op->length = cpu_to_le16(length); ret = brcmf_fil_iovar_data_set(ifp, "pmkid_info", pmk_op, sizeof(*pmk_op)); +out: kfree(pmk_op); return ret; } -- 2.17.1