[IRDA]: Missing allocation result check in irlap_change_speed().
The skb allocation may fail, which can result in a NULL pointer dereference
in irlap_queue_xmit().
Coverity CID: 434.
Signed-off-by: Florin Malita <fmalita@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/irda/irlap.c b/net/irda/irlap.c
index 7029618..a165286 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlap.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlap.c
@@ -884,7 +884,8 @@
if (now) {
/* Send down empty frame to trigger speed change */
skb = dev_alloc_skb(0);
- irlap_queue_xmit(self, skb);
+ if (skb)
+ irlap_queue_xmit(self, skb);
}
}