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dvb-usb: gp8psk, fix potential null derefernce
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dvb-usb-gp8psk-fix-potential-null-derefernce.patch
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Subject: dvb-usb: gp8psk, fix potential null derefernce
From: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Stanse found that in gp8psk_load_bcm4500fw there is missing a check for
return value of kmalloc. Add one and bail out appropriatelly.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Alan Nisota <alannisota@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Patrick Boettcher <pb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff -puN drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c~dvb-usb-gp8psk-fix-potential-null-derefernce drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c~dvb-usb-gp8psk-fix-potential-null-derefernce
+++ a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/gp8psk.c
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ static int gp8psk_load_bcm4500fw(struct
ptr = fw->data;
buf = kmalloc(64, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+ if (!buf) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_rel_fw;
+ }
while (ptr[0] != 0xff) {
u16 buflen = ptr[0] + 4;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from jslaby@xxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
gpu-vga_switcheroo-fix-lock-imbalance.patch
dvb-usb-gp8psk-fix-potential-null-derefernce.patch
kernel-user-remove-unreachable-code.patch
edac-add-__init-to-i7core_xeon_pci_fixup.patch
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