[ Upstream commit 6c44b15e1c9076d925d5236ddadf1318b0a25ce2 ] create_singlethread_workqueue may fail and return NULL. The fix checks if it is NULL to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Also, the fix moves the call of create_singlethread_workqueue earlier to avoid resource-release issues. Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c index 614054af904a..b83d4173fc7f 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-logitech-hidpp.c @@ -1907,6 +1907,13 @@ static int hidpp_ff_init(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 feature_index) kfree(data); return -ENOMEM; } + data->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("hidpp-ff-sendqueue"); + if (!data->wq) { + kfree(data->effect_ids); + kfree(data); + return -ENOMEM; + } + data->hidpp = hidpp; data->feature_index = feature_index; data->version = version; @@ -1951,7 +1958,6 @@ static int hidpp_ff_init(struct hidpp_device *hidpp, u8 feature_index) /* ignore boost value at response.fap.params[2] */ /* init the hardware command queue */ - data->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("hidpp-ff-sendqueue"); atomic_set(&data->workqueue_size, 0); /* initialize with zero autocenter to get wheel in usable state */ -- 2.20.1