linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in echoaudio midi.

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Date:	Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:13:04 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...washington.edu>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Giuliano Pochini <pochini@...ny.it>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in echoaudio
 midi.

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> In sound/pci/echoaudio/midi.c::snd_echo_midi_output_write(), there's a risk
> of dereferencing a NULL 'chip->midi_out'.
> This patch contains the obvious fix as also used a bit higher up in the 
> same function.
> 

How about just adding an early test:
	if (!chip->midi_out)
		goto out;

and adding a label for out before the chip->lock unlock?  We still need to 
clear chip->midi_full so we still require the spinlock, but there's no 
reason we should be testing chip->midi_out multiple times since the 
remaining code path in its entirety depends on it.

		David
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