linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: gpib: Fix a dereference before null check issue

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Message-ID: <84aeb85d-52da-43f2-bff2-715fc190b615@web.de>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:42:06 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Paolo Perego <pperego@...e.de>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>, Dave Penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Kees Bakker <kees@...erbout.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: gpib: Fix a dereference before null check issue

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> The check ad line 1450 suggests that a_priv can be NULL, however it has

            at?


> been derefenced before, in the interface_to_usbdev() call.
…

       dereferenced?


See also:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.12#n94

Regards,
Markus