Re: [PATCH] isdn: hisax: l3dss1.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

From: Sergei Shtylyov
Date: Mon May 19 2014 - 17:26:59 EST


On 05/20/2014 01:24 AM, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:

There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.

Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/isdn/hisax/l3dss1.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/hisax/l3dss1.c b/drivers/isdn/hisax/l3dss1.c
index cda7006..9ea7377 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/hisax/l3dss1.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/hisax/l3dss1.c
@@ -2203,13 +2203,14 @@ static int l3dss1_cmd_global(struct PStack *st, isdn_ctrl *ic)
memcpy(p, ic->parm.dss1_io.data, ic->parm.dss1_io.datalen); /* copy data */
l = (p - temp) + ic->parm.dss1_io.datalen; /* total length */

- if (ic->parm.dss1_io.timeout > 0)
- if (!(pc = dss1_new_l3_process(st, -1)))
- { free_invoke_id(st, id);
+ if (ic->parm.dss1_io.timeout > 0) {
+ if (!(pc = dss1_new_l3_process(st, -1))) {

Assignments shouldn't be put into *if* statement. If you did run the patch thru scripts/checkpatch.pl, it would have told you.

+ free_invoke_id(st, id);
return (-2);

Parens not needed. Could as well fix it here...

}
- pc->prot.dss1.ll_id = ic->parm.dss1_io.ll_id; /* remember id */
- pc->prot.dss1.proc = ic->parm.dss1_io.proc; /* and procedure */
+ pc->prot.dss1.ll_id = ic->parm.dss1_io.ll_id; /* remember id */
+ pc->prot.dss1.proc = ic->parm.dss1_io.proc; /* and procedure */
+ }

WBR, Sergei


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