Re: [PATCH][next] net: dsa: fix dereference on ds->dev before null check error

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On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 11:32:18AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently ds->dev is dereferenced on the assignments of pdata and
> np before ds->dev is null checked, hence there is a potential null
> pointer dereference on ds->dev.  Fix this by assigning pdata and
> np after the ds->dev null pointer sanity check.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")
> Fixes: 7e99e3470172 ("net: dsa: remove dsa_switch_alloc helper")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew



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