Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: r8192U_core.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue May 20 2014 - 17:54:51 EST


On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:32:53PM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> There is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
>
> Was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>

Could you mention in the change log which pointer you are worried about?

I think you are concerned about "priv" here. "priv" comes from
container_of() and checking the return value of container_of() doesn't
make sense. It does some pointer math so even if "work" is NULL the
"priv" pointer would be non-zero.

Just remove the check.

regards,
dan carpenter

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