Re: [CORRECTION][PATCH] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in uli526x_interrupt() in drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c

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Micah Gruber wrote:
This patch fixes a potential null dereference bug where we dereference dev before a null check. This patch simply moves the dereferencing after the null check.

Signed-off-by: Micah Gruber <[email protected]>
---

--- a/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
 	struct uli526x_board_info *db = netdev_priv(dev);
-	unsigned long ioaddr = dev->base_addr;
+	unsigned long ioaddr;
 	unsigned long flags;
if (!dev) {
@@ -671,6 +671,8 @@
 		return IRQ_NONE;
 	}
+ ioaddr = dev->base_addr;
+

as satyam noted, just remove the !dev test


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