linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory allocation failure

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:25:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vegard.nossum@...cle.com
Cc:	samuel@...tiz.org, irda-users@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory
 allocation failure

From: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 07:43:50 +0200

> I ran into this:
 ...
> The problem is that irda_open_tsap() can fail and leave self->tsap = NULL,
> and then irttp_connect_request() almost immediately dereferences it.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.