[PATCH]: Fix NULL-ptr dereference in pm2fb_probe

From: Patrick McHardy
Date: Thu Apr 22 2004 - 21:22:10 EST


This patch fixes a NULL-pointer dereference in pm2fb_probe.
The memset sets info->par to 0, it is dereferenced shortly
afterwards. framebuffer_alloc already initializes the memory
to 0, so it can simply be removed.

Regards
Patrick


# This is a BitKeeper generated diff -Nru style patch.
#
# ChangeSet
# 2004/04/23 04:05:58+02:00 kaber@xxxxxxxxx
# Fix NULL-ptr dereference in pm2fb_probe
#
# drivers/video/pm2fb.c
# 2004/04/23 03:59:41+02:00 kaber@xxxxxxxxx +0 -2
# Fix NULL-ptr dereference in pm2fb_probe
#
diff -Nru a/drivers/video/pm2fb.c b/drivers/video/pm2fb.c
--- a/drivers/video/pm2fb.c Fri Apr 23 04:06:53 2004
+++ b/drivers/video/pm2fb.c Fri Apr 23 04:06:53 2004
@@ -1035,8 +1035,6 @@
info = framebuffer_alloc(size, &pdev->dev);
if ( !info )
return -ENOMEM;
- memset(info, 0, size);
-
default_par = info->par;

switch (pdev->device) {