[PATCH net 2/5] net/smc: fix a NULL pointer dereference

Ursula Braun
2019-04-11T09:17:31Z

From: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>

In case alloc_ordered_workqueue fails, the fix returns NULL
to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@umn.edu>
Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun <ubraun@linux.ibm.com>
---
net/smc/smc_ism.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ism.c b/net/smc/smc_ism.c
index 2fff79db1a59..e89e918b88e0 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ism.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ism.c
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ struct smcd_dev *smcd_alloc_dev(struct device *parent, const char *name,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&smcd->vlan);
smcd->event_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("ism_evt_wq-%s)",
WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, name);
+ if (!smcd->event_wq) {
+ kfree(smcd->conn);
+ kfree(smcd);
+ return NULL;
+ }
return smcd;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smcd_alloc_dev);
--
2.16.4