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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: John Wood <john.wood@gmx.com>
Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>,
	Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@gmail.com>,
	Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bluetooth/virtio_bt: Fix dereference null return value
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 21:02:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YOIFwdlqdEldzg6B@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210704145504.24756-1-john.wood@gmx.com>

On Sun, Jul 04, 2021 at 04:55:04PM +0200, John Wood wrote:
> The alloc_skb function returns NULL on error. So, test this case and
> avoid a NULL dereference (skb->data).
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1484718 ("Dereference null return value")
> Fixes: afd2daa26c7ab ("Bluetooth: Add support for virtio transport driver")
> Signed-off-by: John Wood <john.wood@gmx.com>
> ---
>  drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)


<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>

      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-07-04 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-04 14:55 [PATCH] bluetooth/virtio_bt: Fix dereference null return value John Wood
2021-07-04 17:33 ` Marcel Holtmann
2021-07-04 19:02 ` Greg KH [this message]

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