[PATCH] net: ieee802154: fix potential null pointer dereference
From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue May 23 2017 - 14:11:56 EST
Null check at line 918: if (!spi) {, implies spi might be NULL.
Function spi_get_drvdata() dereference pointer spi.
Move pointer priv assignment after the null check.
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1408888
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
index 25fd3b0..ccaf20d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int ca8210_spi_transfer(
)
{
int i, status = 0;
- struct ca8210_priv *priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
+ struct ca8210_priv *priv;
struct cas_control *cas_ctl;
if (!spi) {
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ static int ca8210_spi_transfer(
return -ENODEV;
}
+ priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
reinit_completion(&priv->spi_transfer_complete);
dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "ca8210_spi_transfer called\n");
--
2.5.0