Re: [PATCH] ASoC: Intel: Skylake: fix dereference before NULL check on ebus

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 19/04/17 14:32, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 01:16:13PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ebus is being NULL checked however it is being dereferenced
>> earlier on the assignment bus = ebus_to_hbus(ebus).  Fix this
>> by moving the assignment to after the NULL check on ebus to
>> avoid a NULL pointer dereference error.
>>
> 
> ebus_to_hbus() doesn't dereference "ebus" it just uses it for pointer
> math.
> 
> #define ebus_to_hbus(ebus)      (&(ebus)->bus)
> 
> If you pass a NULL to there, it returns an offset starting from NULL but
> it doesn't Oops.

Doh, brown paper bag moment for me.

> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
> 

_______________________________________________
Alsa-devel mailing list
Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel



[Index of Archives]     [ALSA User]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Kernel Archive]     [Asterisk PBX]     [Photo Sharing]     [Linux Sound]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]

  Powered by Linux