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[media] m5602_s5k83a: check return value of kthread_create

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Function kthread_create() returns an ERR_PTR on error. However, in
function s5k83a_start(), its return value is used without validation.
This may result in a bad memory access bug. This patch fixes the bug.

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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Pan Bian 2017-04-23 06:26:45 -03:00 committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
parent d90b336f3f
commit 13174c388a
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drivers/media/usb/gspca/m5602/m5602_s5k83a.c
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@ -345,6 +345,11 @@ int s5k83a_start(struct sd *sd)
to assume that there is no better way of accomplishing this */
sd->rotation_thread = kthread_create(rotation_thread_function,
sd, "rotation thread");
if (IS_ERR(sd->rotation_thread)) {
err = PTR_ERR(sd->rotation_thread);
sd->rotation_thread = NULL;
return err;
}
wake_up_process(sd->rotation_thread);
/* Preinit the sensor */