Re: [PATCH] isdn: hisax: l3dss1.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

[David Miller]

From: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 19:18:21 +0200

> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
> 
> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 ...

> @@ -2208,8 +2208,12 @@ static int l3dss1_cmd_global(struct PStack *st, isdn_ctrl *ic)
>  				{ free_invoke_id(st, id);
>  					return (-2);
>  				}
> -			pc->prot.dss1.ll_id = ic->parm.dss1_io.ll_id; /* remember id */
> -			pc->prot.dss1.proc = ic->parm.dss1_io.proc; /* and procedure */
> +
> +			if (pc)
> +			{
> +				pc->prot.dss1.ll_id = ic->parm.dss1_io.ll_id; /* remember id */
> +				pc->prot.dss1.proc = ic->parm.dss1_io.proc; /* and procedure */
> +			}

I think rather the intention was to put these pc-> assignments in the
timeout > 0 code block.
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