netdev - [PATCH] Fix possible null pointer dereference in davinci

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:09:14 +0530
From:	huzaifas@...hat.com
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	khilman@...prootsystems.com, cyril@...com,
	Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix possible null pointer dereference in davinci_cpdma.c

From: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>

Check if chan exists before dereferencing it

Signed-off-by: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala <huzaifas@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c b/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c
index e92b2b6..09620a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_cpdma.c
@@ -526,12 +526,13 @@ err_chan_alloc:
 
 int cpdma_chan_destroy(struct cpdma_chan *chan)
 {
-	struct cpdma_ctlr *ctlr = chan->ctlr;
+	struct cpdma_ctlr *ctlr;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (!chan)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	ctrl = chan->ctrl;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctlr->lock, flags);
 	if (chan->state != CPDMA_STATE_IDLE)
 		cpdma_chan_stop(chan);
-- 
1.7.3.4

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