[PATCH 3/3] serial: crisv10: fix invalid user-pointer check
From: Johan Hovold
Date: Tue Nov 08 2016 - 07:25:49 EST
Drop invalid user-pointer check from TIOCGSERIAL handler.
A NULL-pointer can be valid in user space and copy_to_user() takes care
of sanity checking.
Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-cris-kernel@xxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c b/drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c
index 315c84979b18..d4cb6ff52e7a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c
@@ -3214,8 +3214,6 @@ get_serial_info(struct e100_serial * info,
* should set them to something else than 0.
*/
- if (!retinfo)
- return -EFAULT;
memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
tmp.type = info->type;
tmp.line = info->line;
--
2.7.3