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| From | Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] i2c: designware-baytrail: fix potential null pointer dereference on dev |
| Date | 2017-04-19 21:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ty39g-7fq-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tn48G-4dt-15@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:51:23AM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> The assignment to addr requires a call to get_sem_addr that dereferences
> dev, however, this dereference occurs before a null pointer check on dev.
> Move this assignment after the null check on dev to avoid a potential null
> pointer dereference.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1419700 ("Dereference before null check")
>
> Fixes: fd476fa22a1f432 ("i2c: designware-baytrail: Add support for cherrytrail")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Applied to for-next, thanks!
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Re: [PATCH] i2c: designware-baytrail: fix potential null pointer dereference on dev Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de> - 2017-04-19 21:10 +0200
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