Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: usb_intf.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue May 20 2014 - 18:04:19 EST


On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:34:25PM +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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This is a real bug. :)

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Btw, I have named this kind of bug a "one err bug" because there is one
"err:" label which handles all the error handling. It is a very common
kind of bug.

regards,
dan carpenter

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/