linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [2.6.22] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in free_shared

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Date:	Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:25:50 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Micah Gruber <micah.gruber@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2.6.22] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in
 free_shared_mem() in drivers/net/s2io.c

Micah Gruber wrote:
> This patch fixes a potential null dereference bug where we dereference 
> nic before a null check. This patch simply moves the dereferencing after 
> the null check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Micah Gruber < micah.gruber@...il.com 
> <mailto:micah.gruber@...il.com>>

any chance you can resend in an email format other than format=flowed?

	Jeff



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