linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] bfa: do not dereference port before it is null checked

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:05:57 +0200
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Anil Gurumurthy <anil.gurumurthy@...gic.com>,
        Sudarsana Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bfa: do not dereference port before it is null checked

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 05:36:16PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> port is deferenced before it is null sanity checked, hence
> we potentially have a null pointer dereference bug. Instead,
> initialise trl_enabled from port->fcs->bfa after we are sure
> port is not null.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>

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