linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] mtd: physmap

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Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2013 18:10:56 +0100
From:	Stef van Os <stef.van.os@...drive.nl>
To:	<artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	<dwmw2@...radead.org>, <wfp5p@...ginia.edu>,
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <sr@...x.de>,
	<plagnioj@...osoft.com>, <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] mtd: physmap_of: fix illegal dereference

On 02/01/2013 05:54 PM, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-01-17 at 19:22 +0100, Stef van Os wrote:
>> d68cbdd introduced a new way of getting the name of an mtd
>> partion. The character pointer is not initialized, and only
>> checked against NULL, not at other random garbage.
>> This patch fixes the resulting panic.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stef van Os<stef.van.os@...drive.nl>
> A similar fix already sits in the mtd tree:
>
> http://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6.git/commit/7dfe4be351e81656ca1068e5d4ead235c7ba94b1
>
Ah, sorry, I wasn't aware of this. But, as long as some fix for this 
issue makes it into mainline, I'm happy :)
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