Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: idxd: Fix potential null dereference on pointer status

[Vinod Koul]

On 15-04-21, 12:06, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> There are calls to idxd_cmd_exec that pass a null status pointer however
> a recent commit has added an assignment to *status that can end up
> with a null pointer dereference.  The function expects a null status
> pointer sometimes as there is a later assignment to *status where
> status is first null checked.  Fix the issue by null checking status
> before making the assignment.

Applied, thanks

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~Vinod