Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx_kms: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue Dec 05 2017 - 10:47:28 EST


Hi Ville,

Quoting Ville SyrjÃlà <ville.syrjala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 03:54:18PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
crtc_state is being null checked in a previous code block, which implies
that such pointer might be null.

crtc_state is dereferenced in drm_atomic_helper_check_plane_state, hence
there is a potential null pointer dereference.

This is a false positive. drm_atomic_helper_check_plane_state() will not
dereference crtc_state when plane_state->crtc is NULL.


You are right.

Thank you for clarifying.
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Gustavo A. R. Silva