NULL pointer dereference in fm10k_init_module due to alloc_workqueue failure

CVE-2019-15924 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. fm10k_init_module in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c has a NULL pointer dereference because there is no -ENOMEM upon an alloc_workqueue failure.

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