[PATCH] Hamradio: Fix a NULL pointer dereference innet/hamradio/mkiss.c
From: Eugene Teo
Date: Thu Mar 16 2006 - 01:40:27 EST
Pointer ax is dereferenced before NULL check.
Coverity bug #817
Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eugene.teo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
--- linux-2.6/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c~ 2006-03-15 10:05:35.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c 2006-03-16 14:31:35.000000000 +0800
@@ -844,13 +844,16 @@ static void mkiss_close(struct tty_struc
static int mkiss_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
- struct mkiss *ax = mkiss_get(tty);
- struct net_device *dev = ax->dev;
+ struct mkiss *ax;
+ struct net_device *dev;
unsigned int tmp, err;
/* First make sure we're connected. */
if (ax == NULL)
return -ENXIO;
+
+ ax = mkiss_get(tty);
+ dev = ax->dev;
switch (cmd) {
case SIOCGIFNAME:
--
1024D/A6D12F80 print D51D 2633 8DAC 04DB 7265 9BB8 5883 6DAA A6D1 2F80
main(i) { putchar(182623909 >> (i-1) * 5&31|!!(i<7)<<6) && main(++i); }
-
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