linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: ks7010: don't print skb->dev->name if skb is null

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Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:45:04 +0100
From:	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: ks7010: don't print skb->dev->name if skb is null

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

A null pointer dereference will occur when skb is null and
skb->dev->name is printed.  Replace the skb->dev->name with
plain text "ks_wlan" to fix this.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
index a8822fe..e8a2564 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ks7010/ks_hostif.c
@@ -481,8 +481,7 @@ void hostif_data_indication(struct ks_wlan_private *priv)
 			netif_rx(skb);
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING
-			       "%s: Memory squeeze, dropping packet.\n",
-			       skb->dev->name);
+			       "ks_wlan: Memory squeeze, dropping packet.\n");
 			priv->nstats.rx_dropped++;
 		}
 		break;
@@ -517,8 +516,7 @@ void hostif_data_indication(struct ks_wlan_private *priv)
 			netif_rx(skb);
 		} else {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING
-			       "%s: Memory squeeze, dropping packet.\n",
-			       skb->dev->name);
+			       "ks_wlan: Memory squeeze, dropping packet.\n");
 			priv->nstats.rx_dropped++;
 		}
 		break;
-- 
2.8.1