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SubjectRe: [PATCH][V3] usb: isp1760: check for null return from kzalloc
Hi,

On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 03:43:23AM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> >
> > isp1760_ep_alloc_request allocates a structure with kzalloc without checking
> > for NULL and then returns a pointer to one of the structure fields. As the
> > field happens to be the first in the structure the caller can properly
> > check for NULL, but this is risky if the structure layout is changed later.
> > Add an explicit NULL check for the kzalloc return value
> >
> > Detected with smatch static analysis:
> >
> > drivers/usb/isp1760/isp1760-udc.c:816 isp1760_ep_alloc_request()
> > error: potential null dereference 'req'. (kzalloc returns null)
> >
> > [ thanks to Laurent Pinchart for improved commit message ]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
>
> Felipe, I expect you to pick this up, please let me know if there's any issue.

once -rc1 is tagged, yes. My tree is already closed for v4.2.

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balbi
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