If the function actually returns a null value, a null pointer dereference will occur.
Fixes: dd63df2bfff3 ("net/nfp: add NSP symbol resolution command") Coverity: 195013 Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.luc...@netronome.com> --- drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c index 6ba940c..a2819a1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c +++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_nspu.c @@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ int ret = 0; sym_buf = malloc(desc->buf_size); + if (!sym_buf) + return -ENOMEM; + strncpy(sym_buf, symbl, strlen(symbl)); ret = nspu_command(desc, NSP_CMD_GET_SYMBOL, 1, 1, sym_buf, NFP_SYM_DESC_LEN, strlen(symbl)); -- 1.9.1