Re: [PATCH] net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory allocation failure

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory allocation failure
Date	2016-07-25 20:30 +0200
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From: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 07:43:50 +0200

> I ran into this:
 ...
> The problem is that irda_open_tsap() can fail and leave self->tsap = NULL,
> and then irttp_connect_request() almost immediately dereferences it.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

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[PATCH] net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory allocation failure Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> - 2016-07-23 07:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory  allocation failure David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-07-25 20:30 +0200

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