linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: ipwireless: fix possible NULL dereference

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Date:	Thu, 7 Apr 2016 07:28:11 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: ipwireless: fix possible NULL dereference

On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 03:47:54PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> 
> > The function alloc_ctrl_packet() can fail and return NULL. Incase it
> > fails print an error message and exit.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
> 
> 	Reviewed-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> 
> I don't have the git tree for this driver any more ... Greg, would you 
> mind taking this through your misc driver tree?

Yes, I'll take it.

thanks,

greg k-h