i2c_put_adapter dereferences i2c_adapter pointer passed without check for NULL. This adds a check for non-NULL pointer to allow i2c_put_adapter called with NULL and behave the same way i2c_release_client does already. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@xxxxxxxxx> --- Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-i2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c index f32ca29..d075df6 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c @@ -1825,7 +1825,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_get_adapter); void i2c_put_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap) { - module_put(adap->owner); + if (adap) + module_put(adap->owner); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_put_adapter); -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html