From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit c01c1db1dc632edafb0dff32d40daf4f9c1a4e19 upstream. kstrdup() can return NULL, it is better to check the return value of it. Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/tencent_094816F3522E0DC704056C789352EBBF0606@xxxxxx Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/core/jack.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/sound/core/jack.c +++ b/sound/core/jack.c @@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ int snd_jack_new(struct snd_card *card, return -ENOMEM; jack->id = kstrdup(id, GFP_KERNEL); + if (jack->id == NULL) { + kfree(jack); + return -ENOMEM; + } /* don't creat input device for phantom jack */ if (!phantom_jack) {