linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/media/video: avoid NULL dereference

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Date:	Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:22:47 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Mark McClelland <mmcclell@...foot.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/media/video: avoid NULL dereference

From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

It seems impossible for ov to be NULL at this point.

The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@r exists@
expression E, E1;
identifier f;
statement S1,S3;
iterator iter;
@@

if ((E == NULL && ...) || ...)
{
  ... when != false ((E == NULL && ...) || ...)
      when != true  ((E != NULL && ...) || ...)
      when != iter(E,...) S1
      when != E = E1
(
  sizeof(E->f)
|
* E->f
)
  ... when any
  return ...;
}
else S3
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

---
 drivers/media/video/ov511.c         |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ov511.c b/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
index e0bce8d..dd1b1ac 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ov511.c
@@ -5916,11 +5916,6 @@ ov51x_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	mutex_lock(&ov->lock);
 	usb_set_intfdata (intf, NULL);
 
-	if (!ov) {
-		mutex_unlock(&ov->lock);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* Free device number */
 	ov511_devused &= ~(1 << ov->nr);
 
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