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SubjectRe: [CORRECTION][PATCH] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in uli526x_interrupt() in drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
Micah Gruber wrote:
> This patch fixes a potential null dereference bug where we dereference dev before a null check. This patch simply moves the dereferencing after the null check.
>
> Signed-off-by: Micah Gruber <micah.gruber@gmail.com>
> ---
>
> --- a/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tulip/uli526x.c
> @@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
> {
> struct net_device *dev = dev_id;
> struct uli526x_board_info *db = netdev_priv(dev);
> - unsigned long ioaddr = dev->base_addr;
> + unsigned long ioaddr;
> unsigned long flags;
>
> if (!dev) {
> @@ -671,6 +671,8 @@
> return IRQ_NONE;
> }
>
> + ioaddr = dev->base_addr;
> +

as satyam noted, just remove the !dev test


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