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DateThu, 4 Aug 2005 01:08:09 -0500 (CDT)
From"Hmamouche, Youssef" <>
Subject[PATCH][ACPI] toshiba_acpi.c: add check for NULL pointer
This patch adds a check for NULL return from kmalloc.

Signed-off-by: Youssef Hmamouche <hyoussef@gmail.com>



--- a/drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.c       2005-07-15 14:18:57.000000000 -0700
+++ b/drivers/acpi/toshiba_acpi.c       2005-08-03 21:35:12.000000000 -0700
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@
          * destination so that sscanf can be used on it safely.
          */
         tmp_buffer = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if(tmp_buffer == NULL) {
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
         if (copy_from_user(tmp_buffer, buffer, count)) {
                 result = -EFAULT;
         }
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