The exit label performs device_unlock(&dev->dev);, which will fail when dev is NULL, and nfc_put_device(dev);, which is not useful when dev is NULL, so just exit the function immediately. Problem found using scripts/coccinelle/null/deref_null.cocci Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- net/nfc/netlink.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c index 853172c..f040532 100644 --- a/net/nfc/netlink.c +++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c @@ -1109,10 +1109,8 @@ static int nfc_genl_llc_sdreq(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) idx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX]); dev = nfc_get_device(idx); - if (!dev) { - rc = -ENODEV; - goto exit; - } + if (!dev) + return -ENODEV; device_lock(&dev->dev); -- 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