linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] mtd: physmap

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Date:	Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:54:57 +0200
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Stef van Os <stef.van.os@...drive.nl>
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, wfp5p@...ginia.edu,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, sr@...x.de, plagnioj@...osoft.com,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mtd: physmap_of: fix illegal dereference

On Thu, 2013-01-17 at 19:22 +0100, Stef van Os wrote:
> d68cbdd introduced a new way of getting the name of an mtd
> partion. The character pointer is not initialized, and only
> checked against NULL, not at other random garbage.
> This patch fixes the resulting panic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stef van Os <stef.van.os@...drive.nl>

A similar fix already sits in the mtd tree:

http://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6.git/commit/7dfe4be351e81656ca1068e5d4ead235c7ba94b1

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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