Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: Add null check in rtl8192_usb_initendpoints

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 04:02:56PM +0800, Dinghao Liu wrote:
> There is an allocation for priv->rx_urb[16] has no null check,
> which may lead to a null pointer dereference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> index 93676af98629..9fc4adc83d77 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> @@ -1608,6 +1608,8 @@ static short rtl8192_usb_initendpoints(struct net_device *dev)
>  		void *oldaddr, *newaddr;
>  
>  		priv->rx_urb[16] = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		if (!priv->rx_urb[16])
> +			return -ENOMEM;
>  		priv->oldaddr = kmalloc(16, GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!priv->oldaddr)
>  			return -ENOMEM;

There is a bug here, where the memory is not freed from the alloc urb
call, right?

Anyway, something to fix up in a leter patch, thanks.

greg k-h