Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > linux.kernel > #1299084

[PATCH] cx231xx: correctly handling failed allocation

From Insu Yun <wuninsu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH] cx231xx: correctly handling failed allocation
Date 2015-12-29 20:00 +0100
Message-ID <qL7EZ-4gU-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw


Since kmalloc can be failed in memory pressure, 
if not properly handled, NULL dereference can be happend

Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-417.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-417.c b/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-417.c
index 47a98a2..9725e4f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-417.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-417.c
@@ -1382,6 +1382,8 @@ static int cx231xx_bulk_copy(struct cx231xx *dev, struct urb *urb)
 	buffer_size = urb->actual_length;
 
 	buffer = kmalloc(buffer_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	memcpy(buffer, dma_q->ps_head, 3);
 	memcpy(buffer+3, p_buffer, buffer_size-3);
-- 
1.9.1

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | NextNext in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

[PATCH] cx231xx: correctly handling failed allocation Insu Yun <wuninsu@gmail.com> - 2015-12-29 20:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] cx231xx: correctly handling failed allocation Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> - 2015-12-29 20:10 +0100

csiph-web