[PATCH] net: cw1200: fix a NULL pointer dereference

From: Kangjie Lu
Date: Tue Mar 12 2019 - 04:05:15 EST


In case create_singlethread_workqueue fails, the fix free the
hardware and returns NULL to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c
index 90dc979f260b..c1608f0bf6d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/st/cw1200/main.c
@@ -345,6 +345,11 @@ static struct ieee80211_hw *cw1200_init_common(const u8 *macaddr,
mutex_init(&priv->wsm_cmd_mux);
mutex_init(&priv->conf_mutex);
priv->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("cw1200_wq");
+ if (!priv->workqueue) {
+ ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
sema_init(&priv->scan.lock, 1);
INIT_WORK(&priv->scan.work, cw1200_scan_work);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&priv->scan.probe_work, cw1200_probe_work);
--
2.17.1