From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>

devm_kmalloc() returns a pointer to allocated memory on success, NULL
on failure. While lp->indirect_lock is allocated by devm_kmalloc()
without proper check. It is better to check the value of it to
prevent potential wrong memory access.

Fixes: f14f5c11f051 ("net: ll_temac: Support indirect_mutex share within TEMAC IP")
Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
---
Changelog
v1-v2: add Fixes tag and remove redundant err message.
 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
index 463094c..2ab29ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
@@ -1427,6 +1427,8 @@ static int temac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		lp->indirect_lock = devm_kmalloc(&pdev->dev,
 						 sizeof(*lp->indirect_lock),
 						 GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!lp->indirect_lock)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 		spin_lock_init(lp->indirect_lock);
 	}
 
-- 

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>:

On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:19:39 +0800 you wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@foxmail.com>
> 
> devm_kmalloc() returns a pointer to allocated memory on success, NULL
> on failure. While lp->indirect_lock is allocated by devm_kmalloc()
> without proper check. It is better to check the value of it to
> prevent potential wrong memory access.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2] net: ll_temac: check the return value of devm_kmalloc()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/b352c3465bb8

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