netdev - [PATCH] [2.6.22] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in free_shared

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jul 2007 11:29:04 +0800
From:	"Micah Gruber" <micah.gruber@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: [PATCH] [2.6.22] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in free_shared_mem() in drivers/net/s2io.c

This patch fixes a potential null dereference bug where we dereference
nic before a null check. This patch simply moves the dereferencing
after the null check.

Signed-off-by: Micah Gruber < micah.gruber@...il.com>

--- a/drivers/net/s2io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/s2io.c
@@ -789,12 +789,14 @@
        struct mac_info *mac_control;
        struct config_param *config;
        int lst_size, lst_per_page;
-       struct net_device *dev = nic->dev;
+       struct net_device *dev;
        int page_num = 0;

        if (!nic)
                return;

+       dev = nic->dev;
+
        mac_control = &nic->mac_control;
        config = &nic->config;
-
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