From: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The NULL check was done to late, and there it was a risk of a possible null pointer dereference. This was partially found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck. Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c b/drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c index 69437158d383..660dc3f2aa61 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c +++ b/drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c @@ -433,12 +433,16 @@ void line6_toneport_reset_resume(struct usb_line6_toneport *toneport) void line6_toneport_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface) { struct usb_line6_toneport *toneport; + struct snd_line6_pcm *line6pcm; u16 idProduct; if (interface == NULL) return; toneport = usb_get_intfdata(interface); + if (NULL == toneport) + return; + del_timer_sync(&toneport->timer); idProduct = le16_to_cpu(toneport->line6.usbdev->descriptor.idProduct); @@ -447,13 +451,10 @@ void line6_toneport_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface) device_remove_file(&interface->dev, &dev_attr_led_green); } - if (toneport != NULL) { - struct snd_line6_pcm *line6pcm = toneport->line6.line6pcm; - - if (line6pcm != NULL) { - line6_pcm_release(line6pcm, LINE6_BITS_PCM_MONITOR); - line6_pcm_disconnect(line6pcm); - } + line6pcm = toneport->line6.line6pcm; + if (line6pcm != NULL) { + line6_pcm_release(line6pcm, LINE6_BITS_PCM_MONITOR); + line6_pcm_disconnect(line6pcm); } toneport_destruct(interface); -- 2.2.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel