netdev - Re: [CORRECTION][PATCH] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in uli526x_interrupt() in drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c

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Date:	Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:20:56 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Micah Gruber <micah.gruber@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [CORRECTION][PATCH] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
 in uli526x_interrupt() in drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c

Micah Gruber wrote:
> This patch fixes a potential null dereference bug where we dereference dev 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/tulip/uli526x.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
> @@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
>  {
>  	struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
>  	struct uli526x_board_info *db = netdev_priv(dev);
> -	unsigned long ioaddr = dev->base_addr;
> +	unsigned long ioaddr;
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  
>  	if (!dev) {
> @@ -671,6 +671,8 @@
>  		return IRQ_NONE;
>  	}
>  
> +	ioaddr = dev->base_addr;
> +

as satyam noted, just remove the !dev test


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