linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] serial: mpc52xx_uart: fix null pointer dereference

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Date:	Thu, 13 May 2010 12:16:37 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Anatolij Gustschin <agust@...x.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] serial: mpc52xx_uart: fix null pointer dereference

From: Anatolij Gustschin <agust@...x.de>

Commit 6acc6833510db8f72b5ef343296d97480555fda9
introduced NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash
on ppc32 machines while booting. Fix this bug now.

Reported-by: Leonardo Chiquitto <leonardo.lists@...il.com>
Tested-by: Leonardo Chiquitto <leonardo.lists@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Anatolij Gustschin <agust@...x.de>
Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
index a176ab4..02469c3 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/mpc52xx_uart.c
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ mpc52xx_uart_init(void)
 	/*
 	 * Map the PSC FIFO Controller and init if on MPC512x.
 	 */
-	if (psc_ops->fifoc_init) {
+	if (psc_ops && psc_ops->fifoc_init) {
 		ret = psc_ops->fifoc_init();
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-- 
1.7.1

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