From c66b9b7d365444b433307ebb18734757cb668a02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:42:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] caif: fix NULL pointer check

Reported-by: <rucsoftsec@gmail.com>
Resolves-bug: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug?44441
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
index 8a3054b84812..5de74e762021 100644
--- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ static int ldisc_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	sprintf(name, "cf%s", tty->name);
 	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*ser), name, caifdev_setup);
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ser = netdev_priv(dev);
 	ser->tty = tty_kref_get(tty);
 	ser->dev = dev;
-- 
2.39.5