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> --- Changes in v2: - Drop the new label and just return -ENOMEM. drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c index 28d6a30cc01..7af6d6448b9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c @@ -4322,6 +4322,9 @@ 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; + pmk_op->version = cpu_to_le16(BRCMF_PMKSA_VER_3); if (!pmksa) { -- 2.17.1