The kthread_run() function returns error pointers so the
max3421_hcd->spi_thread pointer can be either error pointers or NULL.
Check for both before dereferencing it.
Fixes: 05dfa5c9bc37 ("usb: host: max3421-hcd: fix "spi_rd8" uses dynamic stack allocation warning")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
index dcf31a592f5d..4b5f03f683f7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c
@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@ max3421_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
if (hcd) {
kfree(max3421_hcd->tx);
kfree(max3421_hcd->rx);
- if (max3421_hcd->spi_thread)
+ if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(max3421_hcd->spi_thread))
kthread_stop(max3421_hcd->spi_thread);
usb_put_hcd(hcd);
}
--
2.47.2
