[PATCH] libertas: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

* [PATCH] libertas: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
@ 2019-09-18 16:35 Allen Pais
  2019-10-01  9:22 ` Kalle Valo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Allen Pais @ 2019-09-18 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: davem, kvalo, libertas-dev, linux-wireless, linux-kernel

alloc_workqueue is not checked for errors and as a result,
a potential NULL dereference could occur.

Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.pais@oracle.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c
index 242d884..30f1025 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c
@@ -1179,6 +1179,10 @@ static int if_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
 
 	spin_lock_init(&card->lock);
 	card->workqueue = alloc_workqueue("libertas_sdio", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	if (unlikely(!card->workqueue)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_queue;
+	}
 	INIT_WORK(&card->packet_worker, if_sdio_host_to_card_worker);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&card->pwron_waitq);
 
@@ -1230,6 +1234,7 @@ static int if_sdio_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
 	lbs_remove_card(priv);
 free:
 	destroy_workqueue(card->workqueue);
+err_queue:
 	while (card->packets) {
 		packet = card->packets;
 		card->packets = card->packets->next;
-- 
1.9.1


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