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Date:   Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:40:41 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Amitkumar Karwar <amit.karwar@...pinesignals.com>,
        Prameela Rani Garnepudi <prameela.j04cs@...il.com>,
        Karun Eagalapati <karun256@...il.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: rsi: fix a dereference on adapter before it has been null checked

Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The assignment of dev is dereferencing adapter before adapter has
> been null checked, potentially leading to a null pointer dereference.
> Fix this by simply moving the assignment of dev to a later point
> after the sanity null check of adapter.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan CID#1398383 ("Dereference before null check")
> 
> Fixes: dad0d04fa7ba ("rsi: Add RS9113 wireless driver")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

6508497cbdc7 rsi: fix a dereference on adapter before it has been null checked

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9944509/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches

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