linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: ieee802154: fix potential null pointer dereference

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 13:11:47 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     Harry Morris <h.morris@...coda.com>, linuxdev@...coda.com,
        Alexander Aring <aar@...gutronix.de>,
        Stefan Schmidt <stefan@....samsung.com>
Cc:     linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: ieee802154: fix potential null pointer dereference

Null check at line 918: if (!spi) {, implies spi might be NULL.
Function spi_get_drvdata() dereference pointer spi.
Move pointer priv assignment after the null check.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1408888
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
 drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
index 25fd3b0..ccaf20d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int ca8210_spi_transfer(
 )
 {
 	int i, status = 0;
-	struct ca8210_priv *priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
+	struct ca8210_priv *priv;
 	struct cas_control *cas_ctl;
 
 	if (!spi) {
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ static int ca8210_spi_transfer(
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
 	reinit_completion(&priv->spi_transfer_complete);
 
 	dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "ca8210_spi_transfer called\n");
-- 
2.5.0