From: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 41daf6ba594d55f201c50280ebcd430590441da1 upstream. Check the return value of devm_kstrdup() in case of Null-point-dereference. Fixes: 45dd9943fce0 ("ASoC: core: remove artificial component and DAI name constraint") Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210524024941.159952-1-wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/soc-core.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c +++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c @@ -2223,6 +2223,8 @@ static char *fmt_single_name(struct devi return NULL; name = devm_kstrdup(dev, devname, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!name) + return NULL; /* are we a "%s.%d" name (platform and SPI components) */ found = strstr(name, dev->driver->name);