netdev - Re: [next] wil6210: fix potential null dereference of ndev before null check

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Date:   Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:30:03 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Maya Erez <merez@...eaurora.org>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        wil6210@....qualcomm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [next] wil6210: fix potential null dereference of ndev before
 null check

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

> The pointer ndev is being dereferenced before it is being null checked,
> hence there is a potential null pointer deference. Fix this by only
> dereferencing ndev after it has been null checked
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1467010 ("Dereference before null check")
> 
> Fixes: e00243fab84b ("wil6210: infrastructure for multiple virtual interfaces")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Reviewed-by: Maya Erez <merez@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

db5a4d5e1073 wil6210: fix potential null dereference of ndev before null check

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10313705/

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