[PATCH] isdn/gigaset: avoid cs->dev null pointer dereference

From: Akinobu Mita
Date: Sat Oct 28 2006 - 14:44:58 EST


When gigaset_initbcs() is called, cs->dev is not initialized yet.
If dev_alloc_skb() failed in this function, NULL poinster
dereference will happen at dev_warn().

Cc: Kai Germaschewski <kai.germaschewski@xxxxxx>
Cc: Hansjoerg Lipp <hjlipp@xxxxxx>
Cc: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Karsten Keil <kkeil@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx>

drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: work-fault-inject/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
===================================================================
--- work-fault-inject.orig/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
+++ work-fault-inject/drivers/isdn/gigaset/common.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static struct bc_state *gigaset_initbcs(
} else if ((bcs->skb = dev_alloc_skb(SBUFSIZE + HW_HDR_LEN)) != NULL)
skb_reserve(bcs->skb, HW_HDR_LEN);
else {
- dev_warn(cs->dev, "could not allocate skb\n");
+ gig_dbg(DEBUG_INIT, "could not allocate skb\n");
bcs->inputstate |= INS_skip_frame;
}

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