[PATCH] rsi: Fix NULL pointer dereference in kmalloc

From: Aditya Pakki
Date: Sat Mar 02 2019 - 15:39:13 EST


kmalloc can fail in rsi_register_rates_channels but memcpy still attempts
to write to channels. The patch checks and avoids such a situation.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c
index e56fc83faf0e..59eb1f533d0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ static void rsi_register_rates_channels(struct rsi_hw *adapter, int band)

if (band == NL80211_BAND_2GHZ) {
channels = kmalloc(sizeof(rsi_2ghz_channels), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!channels) {
+ rsi_dbg(ERR_ZONE, "Failed to allocate memory\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
memcpy(channels,
rsi_2ghz_channels,
sizeof(rsi_2ghz_channels));
@@ -206,6 +211,11 @@ static void rsi_register_rates_channels(struct rsi_hw *adapter, int band)
sbands->n_bitrates = ARRAY_SIZE(rsi_rates);
} else {
channels = kmalloc(sizeof(rsi_5ghz_channels), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!channels) {
+ rsi_dbg(ERR_ZONE, "Failed to allocate memory\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
memcpy(channels,
rsi_5ghz_channels,
sizeof(rsi_5ghz_channels));
--
2.17.1