Re: [next] wil6210: fix potential null dereference of ndev before null check

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Apr 10 2018 - 10:30:10 EST


Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The pointer ndev is being dereferenced before it is being null checked,
> hence there is a potential null pointer deference. Fix this by only
> dereferencing ndev after it has been null checked
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1467010 ("Dereference before null check")
>
> Fixes: e00243fab84b ("wil6210: infrastructure for multiple virtual interfaces")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Maya Erez <merez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

db5a4d5e1073 wil6210: fix potential null dereference of ndev before null check

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