From bc851db06045a40c18233dd76ef0562d7f8bb6db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shyam Sunder Reddy Padira Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:43:06 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep: avoid NULL pointer dereference in rtw_cbuf_alloc The return value of kzalloc_flex() is used without ensuring that the allocation succeeded, and the pointer is dereferenced unconditionally. Guard the access to the allocated structure to avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference if the allocation fails. Fixes: 980cd426a257 ("staging: rtl8723bs: replace rtw_zmalloc() with kzalloc()") Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Shyam Sunder Reddy Padira Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260414071308.4781-2-shyamsunderreddypadira@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c index 7959daeabc6f..4cfdf7c62344 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/osdep_service.c @@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ struct rtw_cbuf *rtw_cbuf_alloc(u32 size) struct rtw_cbuf *cbuf; cbuf = kzalloc_flex(*cbuf, bufs, size); - cbuf->size = size; + if (cbuf) + cbuf->size = size; return cbuf; }