linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: rtl_core: Fix possible null-pointer dereference in _rtl92e_pci

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Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:59:37 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, will+git@...d.me,
        romain.perier@...il.com, yashsri421@...il.com,
        apais@...ux.microsoft.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, baijiaju1990@...il.com,
        TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: rtl_core: Fix possible null-pointer
 dereference in _rtl92e_pci_disconnect()

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 08:11:35PM -0700, Tuo Li wrote:
> The variable dev is checked in:
>   if (dev)
> 
> This indicates that it can be NULL. If so, a null-pointer dereference will 
> occur:
>   priv = rtllib_priv(dev);
> 
> However, the value of priv is not used in the remaining part of this 
> function. Thus the else-branch can be removed to fix this posible 
> null-pointer dereference.
> 
> Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@...nghua.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Smatch was not smart enough to spot the dereference inside rtllib_priv().
Fortunately, the "dev" variable can't be NULL at this point.

regards,
dan carpenter