device: Fix possible segfault

[project/netifd.git] / device.c

diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 6dc4fa9..65183f3 100644 (file)
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -429,6 +429,9 @@ device_create_default(const char *name, bool external)
 
        D(DEVICE, "Create simple device '%s'\n", name);
        dev = calloc(1, sizeof(*dev));
+       if (!dev)
+               return NULL;
+
        dev->external = external;
        dev->set_state = simple_device_set_state;
        device_init(dev, &simple_device_type, name);