we are referencing the pointer after doing alloc_apertures, as alloc_apertures kzallocs, the kzalloc may fail and we get a NULL.
so we need to check for NULL before we dereference this pointer Signed-off-by: Devendra Naga <devendra.a...@gmail.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c index 93e832d..ea1024d 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mgag200/mgag200_drv.c @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ static void mgag200_kick_out_firmware_fb(struct pci_dev *pdev) bool primary = false; ap = alloc_apertures(1); + if (!ap) + return; + ap->ranges[0].base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0); ap->ranges[0].size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/