linux-kernel - Re: HIDDEV: potential NULL dereference

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Date:	Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:39:27 -0400
From:	Chris Ball <cjb@...top.org>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Subject: Re: HIDDEV: potential NULL dereference

Hi Jiri,

   > If hid was ever NULL at this phase, the check couldn't improve
   > anything due to hid->driver_data dereference being still before
   > the check. So again my question, how this could change anything?
   > 
   > Above that, it just makes the window shorter, but the bug is
   > still there, isn't it? Is the following scenario reasonable?

You're right -- I'd missed the other dereference, sorry.  It's
surprising that we have two reports from users saying that the
patch got rid of a reproducible oops for them.

Dan Carpenter has commented on this too:
   http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-input/msg10541.html

As he says, it looks like the code's overdue for some real locking.

Thanks,

- Chris.
-- 
Chris Ball   <cjb@...top.org>
One Laptop Per Child
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