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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Check if skb_alloc returns Null in function fw_download_code
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:23:13PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
> index 1a95d1f..11e915e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
> @@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address,
> }
>
> skb = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length + 4);
> + if (!skb) {

This test is reversed and causes a NULL dereference on the next line.

regards,
dan carpenter

> memcpy((unsigned char *)(skb->cb), &dev, sizeof(dev));
> tcb_desc = (struct cb_desc *)(skb->cb + MAX_DEV_ADDR_SIZE);
> tcb_desc->queue_index = TXCMD_QUEUE;
> tcb_desc->bCmdOrInit = DESC_PACKET_TYPE_INIT;
> tcb_desc->bLastIniPkt = bLastIniPkt;
> + }
>
> seg_ptr = skb->data;
> for (i = 0; i < frag_length; i += 4) {
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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