linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: line6: toneport.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

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Date:	Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:34:32 +0000
From:	Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...il.com>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jerry Snitselaar <dev@...tselaar.org>,
	Fabian Mewes <architekt@...ing4coffee.org>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: line6: toneport.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 10:43 PM, Rickard Strandqvist
<rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se> wrote:
> The NULL check was done to late, and there it was a risk
> of a possible null pointer dereference.
>
> This was partially found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c |   15 ++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...il.com>
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