Re: [patch v2] tgafb: potential NULL dereference in init

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

 



On 2013-12-16 11:49, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Static checkers complain that there are paths where "tga_type_name" can
> be NULL.  I've re-arranged the code slightly so that's impossible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1: had introduced a "dereferencing uninitialized variable" bug.  Thanks
> to Geert Uytterhoeven for catching that.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/tgafb.c b/drivers/video/tgafb.c
> index f28674fea909..afd8887fd656 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/tgafb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/tgafb.c
> @@ -1496,10 +1496,9 @@ tgafb_init_fix(struct fb_info *info)
>  		if (tga_bus_tc)
>  			tga_type_name = "Digital ZLX-E3";
>  		break;
> -	default:
> -		tga_type_name = "Unknown";
> -		break;
>  	}
> +	if (!tga_type_name)
> +		tga_type_name = "Unknown";
>  
>  	strlcpy(info->fix.id, tga_type_name, sizeof(info->fix.id));
>  
> 

Queued for 3.14.

 Tomi


Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature


[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Development]     [Kernel Announce]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Networking Development]     [Share Photos]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux