The patch titled
usb: fhci: avoid NULL pointer dereference
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usb-fhci-avoid-null-pointer-dereference.patch
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Subject: usb: fhci: avoid NULL pointer dereference
From: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx>
Assign fhci only if usb is not NULL.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Anton Vorontsov <avorontsov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c~usb-fhci-avoid-null-pointer-dereference drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c
--- a/drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c~usb-fhci-avoid-null-pointer-dereference
+++ a/drivers/usb/host/fhci-hcd.c
@@ -242,9 +242,10 @@ err:
static void fhci_usb_free(void *lld)
{
struct fhci_usb *usb = lld;
- struct fhci_hcd *fhci = usb->fhci;
+ struct fhci_hcd *fhci;
if (usb) {
+ fhci = usb->fhci;
fhci_config_transceiver(fhci, FHCI_PORT_POWER_OFF);
fhci_ep0_free(usb);
kfree(usb->actual_frame);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
usb-fhci-avoid-null-pointer-dereference.patch
rtc-mxc-fix-memory-leak.patch
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