In case kmemdup fails, the fix releases resources and returns to avoid the NULL pointer dereference. Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001(a)umn.edu&gt; --- v1: Free nd_btt->id in case of failure and avoid double free, suggested by Dan Williams --- drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c index b72a303176c7..119a4ead2e46 100644 --- a/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c @@ -204,8 +204,14 @@ static struct device *__nd_btt_create(struct nd_region *nd_region, } nd_btt->lbasize = lbasize; - if (uuid) + if (uuid) { uuid = kmemdup(uuid, 16, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!uuid) { + kfree(nd_btt->id); + kfree(nd_btt); + return NULL; + } + } nd_btt->uuid = uuid; dev = &nd_btt->dev; dev_set_name(dev, "btt%d.%d", nd_region->id, nd_btt->id); -- 2.17.1