linux-kernel - [PATCH] video: fbdev: sm501fb: fix potential null pointer dereference on fbi

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Date:   Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:32:31 +0000
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] video: fbdev: sm501fb: fix potential null pointer dereference on fbi

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

The pointer fbi is dereferenced with par = fbi->par before there is a
null check on fbi, hence there is a potential null pointer dereference
on a null par.  Fix this by moving the dereference after the null
pointer check.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1461301 ("Dereference before null check")

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
index 8d4fdb373299..6f0a19501c6a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
@@ -2100,11 +2100,12 @@ static int sm501fb_suspend_fb(struct sm501fb_info *info,
 			      enum sm501_controller head)
 {
 	struct fb_info *fbi = info->fb[head];
-	struct sm501fb_par *par = fbi->par;
+	struct sm501fb_par *par;
 
 	if (!fbi)
 		return 0;
 
+	par = fbi->par;
 	if (par->screen.size == 0)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2150,11 +2151,12 @@ static void sm501fb_resume_fb(struct sm501fb_info *info,
 			      enum sm501_controller head)
 {
 	struct fb_info *fbi = info->fb[head];
-	struct sm501fb_par *par = fbi->par;
+	struct sm501fb_par *par;
 
 	if (!fbi)
 		return;
 
+	par = fbi->par;
 	if (par->screen.size == 0)
 		return;
 
-- 
2.14.1