Re: [PATCH][next] wil6210: fix potential null dereference of ndev before null check
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Thu Mar 29 2018 - 00:53:46 EST
merez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> On 2018-03-28 20:40, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The pointer ndev is being dereferenced before it is being null checked,
>> hence there is a potential null pointer deference. Fix this by only
>> dereferencing ndev after it has been null checked
>>
>> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1467010 ("Dereference before null check")
>>
>> Fixes: e00243fab84b ("wil6210: infrastructure for multiple virtual
>> interfaces")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Reviewed-by: Maya Erez <merez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Maya, as you are the wil6210 maintainer you can actually use Acked-by
instead of Reviewed-by. Not that it really matters which one you use,
both of them indicate me that you have checked and agree the patch, but
wanted to point out this anyway :)
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Kalle Valo