Stanse found a potential null dereference in cx18_dvb_start_feed and cx18_dvb_stop_feed. There is a check for stream being NULL, but it is dereferenced earlier. Move the dereference after the check. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-dvb.c | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-dvb.c b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-dvb.c index 71ad2d1..0ad5b63 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-dvb.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-dvb.c @@ -213,10 +213,14 @@ static int cx18_dvb_start_feed(struct dvb_demux_feed *feed) { struct dvb_demux *demux = feed->demux; struct cx18_stream *stream = (struct cx18_stream *) demux->priv; - struct cx18 *cx = stream->cx; + struct cx18 *cx; int ret; u32 v; + if (!stream) + return -EINVAL; + + cx = stream->cx; CX18_DEBUG_INFO("Start feed: pid = 0x%x index = %d\n", feed->pid, feed->index); @@ -253,9 +257,6 @@ static int cx18_dvb_start_feed(struct dvb_demux_feed *feed) if (!demux->dmx.frontend) return -EINVAL; - if (!stream) - return -EINVAL; - mutex_lock(&stream->dvb.feedlock); if (stream->dvb.feeding++ == 0) { CX18_DEBUG_INFO("Starting Transport DMA\n"); @@ -279,13 +280,14 @@ static int cx18_dvb_stop_feed(struct dvb_demux_feed *feed) { struct dvb_demux *demux = feed->demux; struct cx18_stream *stream = (struct cx18_stream *)demux->priv; - struct cx18 *cx = stream->cx; + struct cx18 *cx; int ret = -EINVAL; - CX18_DEBUG_INFO("Stop feed: pid = 0x%x index = %d\n", - feed->pid, feed->index); - if (stream) { + cx = stream->cx; + CX18_DEBUG_INFO("Stop feed: pid = 0x%x index = %d\n", + feed->pid, feed->index); + mutex_lock(&stream->dvb.feedlock); if (--stream->dvb.feeding == 0) { CX18_DEBUG_INFO("Stopping Transport DMA\n"); -- 1.6.5.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html