linux-kernel - [v2.6.34-stable 134/213] Bluetooth: add NULL pointer check in HCI

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Message-ID: <1391630568-49251-135-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Date:	Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:01:29 -0500
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Jun Nie <njun@...vell.com>,
	"Gustavo F. Padovan" <padovan@...fusion.mobi>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [v2.6.34-stable 134/213] Bluetooth: add NULL pointer check in HCI

From: Jun Nie <njun@...vell.com>

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

commit d9319560b86839506c2011346b1f2e61438a3c73 upstream.

If we fail to find a hci device pointer in hci_uart, don't try
to deref the NULL one we do have.

Signed-off-by: Jun Nie <njun@...vell.com>
Signed-off-by: Gustavo F. Padovan <padovan@...fusion.mobi>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
index 283b127cea74..91be8d53d819 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
@@ -313,8 +313,10 @@ static void hci_uart_tty_close(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(HCI_UART_PROTO_SET, &hu->flags)) {
 			hu->proto->close(hu);
-			hci_unregister_dev(hdev);
-			hci_free_dev(hdev);
+			if (hdev) {
+				hci_unregister_dev(hdev);
+				hci_free_dev(hdev);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
-- 
1.8.5.2

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