> -----Original Message----- > From: Colin King [mailto:colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 10:27 AM > To: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Haiyang Zhang > <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PATCH] netvsc: fix dereference before null check errors > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > ndev is being checked to see if it is a null pointer however before > the null check ndev is being dereferenced; hence there is a potential > null pointer dereference bug that needs fixing. Fix this by only > dereferencing ndev after the null check. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1420760, CID#140761 ("Dereference > before null check") > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thank you! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
