netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mdio-mux: Check return value of mdiobus

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Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:30:47 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tklauser@...tanz.ch
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mdio-mux: Check return value of
 mdiobus_alloc()

From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:51:51 +0100

> mdiobus_alloc() might return NULL, but its return value is not
> checked in mdio_mux_init(). This could potentially lead to a NULL
> pointer dereference. Fix it by checking the return value
> 
> Fixes: 0ca2997d1452 ("netdev/of/phy: Add MDIO bus multiplexer support.")
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@...tanz.ch>

Applied, thanks Tobias.
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