This patch checks if we are getting a Null allocated skb in the while/do loop of this function. Further more no reference checking is needing as skb_put is only working with the packet defined by skb and not allocating a new one. Further more I am breaking out of the loop in order to make sure we call nic_write_byte and cause no errors with writing the nic byte(s) of private date and then call rt_status which I changed to false in the loop with my additon of checking the allocated skb. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com> --- drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c index 1a95d1f..829af66 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c @@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ static bool fw_download_code(struct net_device *dev, u8 *code_virtual_address, } skb = dev_alloc_skb(frag_length + 4); + if (skb == NULL) { + rt_status = false; + break; + } memcpy((unsigned char *)(skb->cb), &dev, sizeof(dev)); tcb_desc = (struct cb_desc *)(skb->cb + MAX_DEV_ADDR_SIZE); tcb_desc->queue_index = TXCMD_QUEUE; -- 1.9.1