On 29/07/07 00:02 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a small patch, prompted by a find by the Coverity checker,
> that removes a potential NULL pointer dereference from
> drivers/net/sb1000.c::sb1000_dev_ioctl().
> The checker spotted that we do a NULL test of 'dev', yet we
> dereference the pointer prior to that check.
> This patch simply moves the dereference after the NULL test.
But... it can't be called without a valid 'dev', no?
A quick 'grep do_ioctl net/' confirms that all calls are in
the form of 'dev->do_ioctl(dev, ...'.
Domen
> @@ -991,11 +991,13 @@ static int sb1000_dev_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
> short PID[4];
> int ioaddr[2], status, frequency;
> unsigned int stats[5];
> - struct sb1000_private *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
> + struct sb1000_private *lp;
>
> if (!(dev && dev->flags & IFF_UP))
> return -ENODEV;
>
> + lp = netdev_priv(dev);
> +
> ioaddr[0] = dev->base_addr;
> /* mem_start holds the second I/O address */
> ioaddr[1] = dev->mem_start;
>
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