linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] drm/gma500: mdfld: avoid possible null pointer dereference

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 22:31:43 +0200
From:	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
To:	Patrik Jakobsson <patrik.r.jakobsson@...il.com>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Cc:	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] drm/gma500: mdfld: avoid possible null pointer dereference

Only dereference sender after checking if sender is NULL.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c
index 1616af2..c50534c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int __read_panel_data(struct mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender *sender, u8 data_type,
 			u8 *data, u16 len, u32 *data_out, u16 len_out, bool hs)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	struct drm_device *dev = sender->dev;
+	struct drm_device *dev;
 	int i;
 	u32 gen_data_reg;
 	int retry = MDFLD_DSI_READ_MAX_COUNT;
@@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ static int __read_panel_data(struct mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender *sender, u8 data_type,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	dev = sender->dev;
+
 	/**
 	 * do reading.
 	 * 0) send out generic read request
-- 
2.1.4