Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030700Ab2HQD1P (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:27:15 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:46741 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030629Ab2HQD0z (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:26:55 -0400 Message-Id: <20120817030244.740450406@decadent.org.uk> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-1 Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:02:49 +0100 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Alan Cox , , "David S. Miller" Subject: [ 06/37] caif: fix NULL pointer check In-Reply-To: <20120817030243.807605523@decadent.org.uk> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:470:1f08:1539:21c:bfff:fe03:f805 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1217 Lines: 38 3.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Alan Cox [ Upstream commit c66b9b7d365444b433307ebb18734757cb668a02 ] Reported-by: Resolves-bug: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug?44441 Signed-off-by: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c index 23406e6..ae286a9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c +++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c @@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ static int ldisc_open(struct tty_struct *tty) sprintf(name, "cf%s", tty->name); dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*ser), name, caifdev_setup); + if (!dev) + return -ENOMEM; + ser = netdev_priv(dev); ser->tty = tty_kref_get(tty); ser->dev = dev; -- 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/