linux-kernel - [PATCH 65/75] ALSA: usb/6fire: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in comm.c

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Date:	Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:36:54 +0100
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@...aro.org>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 65/75] ALSA: usb/6fire: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in comm.c

3.5.7.19 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@...aro.org>

commit 27b2a22c714303d1920e269a8322ff23107694ee upstream.

'rt' was dereferenced before the NULL check.
Moved the code after the check.

Signed-off-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 sound/usb/6fire/comm.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/6fire/comm.c b/sound/usb/6fire/comm.c
index 6c3d531..1a75c36 100644
--- a/sound/usb/6fire/comm.c
+++ b/sound/usb/6fire/comm.c
@@ -129,12 +129,13 @@ int __devinit usb6fire_comm_init(struct sfire_chip *chip)
 {
 	struct comm_runtime *rt = kzalloc(sizeof(struct comm_runtime),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
-	struct urb *urb = &rt->receiver;
+	struct urb *urb;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!rt)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	urb = &rt->receiver;
 	rt->serial = 1;
 	rt->chip = chip;
 	usb_init_urb(urb);
-- 
1.8.3.2

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