Re: [PATCH] chtls_cm.c: fix missing return value check of alloc_skb()

Jiecheng Wu wrote: > Function chtls_close_conn() defined in > drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c calls alloc_skb() to allocate memory > for struct sk_buff which is dereferenced immediately. As alloc_skb() may > return NULL on failure, this code piece may cause NULL pointer dereference >

[PATCH] chtls_cm.c: fix missing return value check of alloc_skb()

Function chtls_close_conn() defined in drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c calls alloc_skb() to allocate memory for struct sk_buff which is dereferenced immediately. As alloc_skb() may return NULL on failure, this code piece may cause NULL pointer dereference bug. ---