NULL pointer deference is observed in the wilc1000.ko module with bus type SPI and when SPI is not ready. Signed-off-by: Chandra S Gorentla <csgorentla@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2 - Subject corrected 'stating:' -> 'staging:' Following are the steps to reproduce. $ sudo insmod drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc1000.ko $ sudo ifconfig wlan1 up wlan1 in the above command is the device controlled by 'wilc1000.ko'. drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c index 63f44f8..48f063d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c @@ -1634,6 +1634,12 @@ int mac_open(struct net_device *ndev) int i = 0; struct WILC_WFI_priv *priv; +#ifdef WILC_SPI + if (!g_linux_wlan || !g_linux_wlan->wilc_spidev) { + netdev_err(ndev, "wilc1000: SPI device not ready\n"); + return -ENODEV; + } +#endif nic = netdev_priv(ndev); priv = wiphy_priv(nic->wilc_netdev->ieee80211_ptr->wiphy); PRINT_D(INIT_DBG, "MAC OPEN[%p]\n", ndev); -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html