From: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 5ede3ada3da7f050519112b81badc058190b9f9f ] The function skb_copy() could return NULL, the return value need to be checked. Fixes: b5996f11ea54 ("net: add Hisilicon Network Subsystem basic ethernet support") Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c @@ -419,6 +419,10 @@ static void __lb_other_process(struct hn /* for mutl buffer*/ new_skb = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); + if (!new_skb) { + netdev_err(ndev, "skb alloc failed\n"); + return; + } skb = new_skb; check_ok = 0;