linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] isdn: prevent NULL ptr Oops in capi

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Message-ID: <20090607-patch-03.tilman@imap.cc>
Date:	Sun,  7 Jun 2009 21:09:24 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, Karsten Keil <karsten-keil@...nline.de>,
	isdn4linux@...tserv.isdn4linux.de,
	i4ldeveloper@...tserv.isdn4linux.de,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] isdn: prevent NULL ptr Oops in capi_cmsg2str()

The dereferencing of the private pointer cmsg->m in capi_cmsg2str() may
cause an Oops in case of an error, which is particularly inconvenient
as that function is typically used to format an error message. Add a
NULL pointer check to avoid this.

Impact: error handling improvement
Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
---
 drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
index c7c2902..16f2e46 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
@@ -989,6 +989,8 @@ _cdebbuf *capi_cmsg2str(_cmsg * cmsg)
 {
 	_cdebbuf *cdb;
 
+	if (!cmsg->m)
+		return NULL;	/* no message */
 	cdb = cdebbuf_alloc();
 	if (!cdb)
 		return NULL;
-- 
1.6.2.1.214.ge986c

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