From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:50:27 +0000 > > >> -----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> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
