From: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 64c4c4ca6c129a4191e8e1e91b2d5d9b8d08c518 ]
Add a test for successful call to cdev_alloc() to avoid
potential null dereference. Issue reported by smatch.
Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 874bcba65f9a ("staging: pi433: New driver")
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c b/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
index 93c01680f016..5be40bdc191b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pi433/pi433_if.c
@@ -1210,6 +1210,10 @@ static int pi433_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
/* create cdev */
device->cdev = cdev_alloc();
+ if (!device->cdev) {
+ dev_dbg(device->dev, "allocation of cdev failed");
+ goto cdev_failed;
+ }
device->cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
cdev_init(device->cdev, &pi433_fops);
retval = cdev_add(device->cdev, device->devt, 1);
--
2.19.1
