Re: [PATCH v2] mwifiex: fix possible NULL dereference

[Arend van Spriel]

On 12-04-16 13:46, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> We have a check for card just after dereferencing it. So if it is NULL
> we have already dereferenced it before its check. Lets dereference it
> after checking card for NULL.

And you are changing the scope of the pdev variable.

Regards,
Arend

> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
> index edf8b07..d4db9db 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c
> @@ -2884,10 +2884,11 @@ static void mwifiex_unregister_dev(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
>  {
>  	struct pcie_service_card *card = adapter->card;
>  	const struct mwifiex_pcie_card_reg *reg;
> -	struct pci_dev *pdev = card->dev;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	if (card) {
> +		struct pci_dev *pdev = card->dev;
> +
>  		if (card->msix_enable) {
>  			for (i = 0; i < MWIFIEX_NUM_MSIX_VECTORS; i++)
>  				synchronize_irq(card->msix_entries[i].vector);
>