The patch titled lib/inflate.c: handle failed malloc() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: lib/inflate.c: handle failed malloc() From: Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> lib/inflate.c (inflate_dynamic): Don't deref NULL upon failed malloc. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering <meyering@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/inflate.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN lib/inflate.c~lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc lib/inflate.c --- a/lib/inflate.c~lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc +++ a/lib/inflate.c @@ -811,6 +811,9 @@ DEBG("<dyn"); ll = malloc(sizeof(*ll) * (286+30)); /* literal/length and distance code lengths */ #endif + if (ll == NULL) + return 1; + /* make local bit buffer */ b = bb; k = bk; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx are usbaudio-handle-kcalloc-failure.patch 9p-handle-kstrdup-and-match_strdup-failure.patch alpha-handle-kcalloc-failure.patch affs-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch hfs-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch hfsplus-handle-match_strdup-failure.patch lib-inflatec-handle-failed-malloc.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html