[PATCH] nfc: nci: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Mon Jun 12 2017 - 18:02:54 EST


NULL check at line 76: if (conn_info) {, implies that pointer conn_info
might be NULL, but this pointer is being previously dereferenced,
which might cause a NULL pointer dereference.

Add NULL check before dereferencing pointer conn_info in order to
avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1362349
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/nfc/nci/core.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/core.c b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
index 61fff42..d2198ce 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/core.c
@@ -70,14 +70,13 @@ int nci_get_conn_info_by_dest_type_params(struct nci_dev *ndev, u8 dest_type,
struct nci_conn_info *conn_info;

list_for_each_entry(conn_info, &ndev->conn_info_list, list) {
- if (conn_info->dest_type == dest_type) {
+ if (conn_info && conn_info->dest_type == dest_type) {
if (!params)
return conn_info->conn_id;
- if (conn_info) {
- if (params->id == conn_info->dest_params->id &&
- params->protocol == conn_info->dest_params->protocol)
- return conn_info->conn_id;
- }
+
+ if (params->id == conn_info->dest_params->id &&
+ params->protocol == conn_info->dest_params->protocol)
+ return conn_info->conn_id;
}
}

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