Re: baycom_par dereference before check.

From: viro
Date: Fri Apr 16 2004 - 16:28:29 EST


On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 10:20:04PM +0100, Dave Jones wrote:
>
> --- linux-2.6.5/drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c~ 2004-04-16 22:18:53.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.5/drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c 2004-04-16 22:19:33.000000000 +0100
> @@ -272,9 +272,13 @@
> static void par96_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
> {
> struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *)dev_id;
> - struct baycom_state *bc = netdev_priv(dev);
> + struct baycom_state *bc;
>
> - if (!dev || !bc || bc->hdrv.magic != HDLCDRV_MAGIC)
> + if (!dev)
> + return;
> +
> + bc = netdev_priv(dev);

That's OK - netdev_priv(p) just adds a constant offset to p; no problem
with doing that to NULL.
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