From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52453C4360F for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 10:20:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 173A220882 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 10:20:44 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="F4tzFH/H"; dkim=fail reason="key not found in DNS" (0-bit key) header.d=codeaurora.org header.i=@codeaurora.org header.b="YQOO2hQ9" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729261AbfDDKUi (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Apr 2019 06:20:38 -0400 Received: from smtp.codeaurora.org ([198.145.29.96]:41596 "EHLO smtp.codeaurora.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726855AbfDDKUf (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Apr 2019 06:20:35 -0400 Received: by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 88B136188E; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 10:20:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1554373234; bh=3H35q8QomwdulxZrhu2wWqtDwoEfgMAFxuO+yex2lL8=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc:Date:From; b=F4tzFH/HCZqHqAZj0gRvrazMe5N72YH3PtJDy6zHL9rOeDuhC8u9raIk5eX6+Qn/S 4YKNE6nrw8Nei4tNVuSW4ufWKC+gJxx5jC/WfrBeP459amqedq8/78oGEjxWf+5PNT PSEYgJO+/peDVjGj3sSLLH1qTCVci1ZqY2WoUwMI= Received: from potku.adurom.net (88-114-240-156.elisa-laajakaista.fi [88.114.240.156]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: kvalo@smtp.codeaurora.org) by smtp.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BFFEB6115B; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 10:20:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=codeaurora.org; s=default; t=1554373232; bh=3H35q8QomwdulxZrhu2wWqtDwoEfgMAFxuO+yex2lL8=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:References:To:Cc:From; b=YQOO2hQ9mMRflP4es5DXHMmUKyzRK8xtPl36OX+/tK0KsE0SFyTX0dZIuOC1B1pRy QiQnN0J8E6bsLPkiJt2BE0OTeL4N0jVkZYjEk8HFHDkejHcImM1ilBr5EeuKzXluyW ZszWhZBfoQ0NuTreLoGQq6/pk6Pm3XG2NQX2WDYk= DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 smtp.codeaurora.org BFFEB6115B Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=codeaurora.org Authentication-Results: pdx-caf-mail.web.codeaurora.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=kvalo@codeaurora.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference From: Kalle Valo In-Reply-To: <20190313184229.24780-1-pakki001@umn.edu> References: <20190313184229.24780-1-pakki001@umn.edu> To: Aditya Pakki Cc: pakki001@umn.edu, kjlu@umn.edu, Amitkumar Karwar , Nishant Sarmukadam , Ganapathi Bhat , Xinming Hu , "David S. Miller" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org User-Agent: pwcli/0.0.0-git (https://github.com/kvalo/pwcli/) Python/2.7.12 Message-Id: <20190404102034.88B136188E@smtp.codeaurora.org> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 10:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Aditya Pakki wrote: > dev_alloc_skb can fail and return a NULL pointer. The patch avoids > a potential NULL pointer dereference and returns -ENOMEM. > > Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki A similar patch was already submitted: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10848599/ Patch set to Superseded. -- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10851669/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches