linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: fix possible use-before-NULL-check crash

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Date:	Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:12:36 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Stefan Ringel <stefan.ringel@...or.de>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: fix possible use-before-NULL-check crash

Hi Greg,

On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 03:51:04PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> Nice catch, but I don't think that the dev pointer can ever be NULL
> here.

Yeah, I didn't think so either, but figured it was best to fix it anyway.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
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