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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/6] drivers/net/fs_enet: remove null pointer dereference
Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
>
> The following code appears in the function fs_init_instance in the file drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c.
>
> if (fep->ops == NULL) {
> printk(KERN_ERR DRV_MODULE_NAME
> ": %s No matching ops found (%d).\n",
> ndev->name, fpi->fs_no);
> err = -EINVAL;
> goto err;
> }
>
> This code implies that at the point of err, fep->ops can be NULL, so an
> extra test is needed before dereferencing this value.
>
>
> This problem was found using the following semantic match
> (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression E, E1;
> identifier f;
> statement S1,S2,S3;
> @@
>
> * if (E == NULL)
> {
> ... when != if (E == NULL) S1 else S2
> when != E = E1
> * E->f
> ... when any
> return ...;
> }
> else S3
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

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