linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] HID: rmi: check that report ids exist in the report_id

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jul 2014 11:29:42 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>
cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] HID: rmi: check that report ids exist in the
 report_id_hash before accessing their size

On Thu, 17 Jul 2014, Andrew Duggan wrote:

> It is possible that the hid-rmi driver could get loaded onto a device which does not have the
> expected report ids. This should not happen because it would indicate that the hid-rmi driver is
> not compatible with that device. However, if it does happen it should return an error from probe
> instead of dereferencing a null pointer.
> 
> related bug:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80091
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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