linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: cx25821: avoid NULL pointer dereference

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Date:	Thu,  7 Jan 2010 03:21:48 +0300
From:	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
To:	gregkh@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: cx25821: avoid NULL pointer dereference

Assign dev only if fh is not NULL.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c |    3 ++-
 drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c    |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c b/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c
index 89c8fe2..46c7f78 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-audups11.c
@@ -343,10 +343,11 @@ static int vidioc_s_ctrl(struct file *file, void *priv,
 			 struct v4l2_control *ctl)
 {
 	struct cx25821_fh *fh = priv;
-	struct cx25821_dev *dev = fh->dev;
+	struct cx25821_dev *dev;
 	int err;
 
 	if (fh) {
+		dev = fh->dev;
 		err = v4l2_prio_check(&dev->prio, &fh->prio);
 		if (0 != err)
 			return err;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c b/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c
index c7c14c7..9bcece7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c
@@ -963,10 +963,11 @@ int cx25821_set_freq(struct cx25821_dev *dev, struct v4l2_frequency *f)
 int vidioc_s_frequency(struct file *file, void *priv, struct v4l2_frequency *f)
 {
 	struct cx25821_fh *fh = priv;
-	struct cx25821_dev *dev = fh->dev;
+	struct cx25821_dev *dev;
 	int err;
 
 	if (fh) {
+		dev = fh->dev;
 		err = v4l2_prio_check(&dev->prio, &fh->prio);
 		if (0 != err)
 			return err;
-- 
1.6.6

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