On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:20:49 +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote: > > Le 23/08/2023 à 04:52, Su Hui a écrit : > > Before committing 79597c8bf64c, *rac97 always be NULL if there is > > an error. When error happens, make sure *rac97 is NULL is safer. > > > > For examble, in snd_vortex_mixer(): > > err = snd_ac97_mixer(pbus, &ac97, &vortex->codec); > > vortex->isquad = ((vortex->codec == NULL) ? > > 0 : (vortex->codec->ext_id&0x80)); > > If error happened but vortex->codec isn't NULL, this may cause some > > problems. > > > > Move the judgement order to be clearer and better. > > > > Fixes: 79597c8bf64c ("ALSA: ac97: Fix possible NULL dereference in snd_ac97_mixer") > > Suggested-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c | 5 ++--- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c > > index 80a65b8ad7b9..25f93e56cfc7 100644 > > --- a/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c > > +++ b/sound/pci/ac97/ac97_codec.c > > @@ -2069,10 +2069,9 @@ int snd_ac97_mixer(struct snd_ac97_bus *bus, struct snd_ac97_template *template, > > .dev_disconnect = snd_ac97_dev_disconnect, > > }; > > - if (!rac97) > > - return -EINVAL; > > - if (snd_BUG_ON(!bus || !template)) > > + if (snd_BUG_ON(!bus || !template || !rac97)) > > return -EINVAL; > > + *rac97 = NULL; > > if (snd_BUG_ON(template->num >= 4)) > > return -EINVAL; > > if (bus->codec[template->num]) > > FWIW, > > Acked-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> Applied now, thanks. Takashi