Re: [PATCH] libertas_tf: avoid a null dereference in pointer priv
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Wed May 06 2020 - 04:44:46 EST
Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently there is a check if priv is null when calling lbtf_remove_card
> but not in a previous call to if_usb_reset_dev that can also dereference
> priv. Fix this by also only calling lbtf_remove_card if priv is null.
>
> It is noteable that there don't seem to be any bugs reported that the
> null pointer dereference has ever occurred, so I'm not sure if the null
> check is required, but since we're doing a null check anyway it should
> be done for both function calls.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")
> Fixes: baa0280f08c7 ("libertas_tf: don't defer firmware loading until start()")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
049ceac308b0 libertas_tf: avoid a null dereference in pointer priv
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