-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Marc Pignat patch e0579d576cb894a4cf3c5af04fbf38e8c1281738 in mainline. The disconnect function can dereference the net_device structure when it is never allocated. This is the case when ejecting the device installer. Signed-off-by: Marc Pignat Acked-by: Daniel Drake Signed-off-by: John W. Linville Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_usb.c @@ -1041,14 +1041,17 @@ error: static void disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf) { struct net_device *netdev = zd_intf_to_netdev(intf); - struct zd_mac *mac = zd_netdev_mac(netdev); - struct zd_usb *usb = &mac->chip.usb; + struct zd_mac *mac; + struct zd_usb *usb; /* Either something really bad happened, or we're just dealing with * a DEVICE_INSTALLER. */ if (netdev == NULL) return; + mac = zd_netdev_mac(netdev); + usb = &mac->chip.usb; + dev_dbg_f(zd_usb_dev(usb), "\n"); zd_netdev_disconnect(netdev); -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/