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* [PATCH] Hamradio: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in net/hamradio/6pack.c
@ 2006-03-16  6:46 Eugene Teo
  2006-03-16  7:10 ` Eugene Teo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eugene Teo @ 2006-03-16  6:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: Thomas Osterried DL9SAU, Ralf Baechle DL5RB, Hans Alblas PE1AYX

Pointer sp is dereferenced before NULL check.

Coverity bug #816

Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eugene.teo@eugeneteo.net>

--- linux-2.6/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c~	2006-03-15 10:05:35.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c	2006-03-16 14:43:44.000000000 +0800
@@ -726,13 +726,16 @@ static void sixpack_close(struct tty_str
 static int sixpack_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 	unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct sixpack *sp = sp_get(tty);
-	struct net_device *dev = sp->dev;
+	struct sixpack *sp;
+	struct net_device *dev;
 	unsigned int tmp, err;
 
 	if (!sp)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
+	sp = sp_get(tty);
+	dev = sp->dev;
+
 	switch(cmd) {
 	case SIOCGIFNAME:
 		err = copy_to_user((void __user *) arg, dev->name,

-- 
1024D/A6D12F80 print D51D 2633 8DAC 04DB 7265  9BB8 5883 6DAA A6D1 2F80
main(i) { putchar(182623909 >> (i-1) * 5&31|!!(i<7)<<6) && main(++i); }


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