linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] staging: unisys: dereferencing NULL pointer

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Date:	Fri,  7 Nov 2014 17:48:35 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Benjamin Romer <benjamin.romer@...sys.com>,
	David Kershner <david.kershner@...sys.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	sparmaintainer@...sys.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] staging: unisys: dereferencing NULL pointer

we can reach the label Away in total five situation and in four of
of them pDevInfo is NULL. so we were basically dereferencing a NULL
pointer.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---
 drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c
index b5a0e46..c8f7bea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,8 @@ my_device_create(struct controlvm_message *inmsg)
 			 POSTCODE_SEVERITY_INFO);
 Away:
 	/* get the bus and devNo for DiagPool channel */
-	if (is_diagpool_channel(pDevInfo->chan_info.channel_type_uuid)) {
+	if (pDevInfo &&
+	    is_diagpool_channel(pDevInfo->chan_info.channel_type_uuid)) {
 		g_diagpoolBusNo = busNo;
 		g_diagpoolDevNo = devNo;
 		LOGINF("CONTROLVM_DEVICE_CREATE for DiagPool channel: busNo=%lu, devNo=%lu",
-- 
1.8.1.2

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