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DateThu, 3 Mar 2011 11:23:47 -0800
FromRandy Dunlap <>
SubjectRe: [patch] Fix bug #13853: dereference pointer 'dev' before null check
On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:20:21 -0500 Jinqiu wrote:

> This patch fixes bug #13853 .This still exists in latest version.
> 'dev' is dereferenced before testing for NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jinqiu Yang<crindy646@gmail.com>
> --- a/drivers/net/ariadne.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ariadne.c
> @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static inline void ariadne_reset(struct
> static irqreturn_t ariadne_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
> {

It looks like thunderbird has split a long line into multiple lines for you.
This is bad. See if Documentation/email-clients.txt can help you out any.


> struct net_device *dev = (struct net_device *) data;
> - volatile struct Am79C960 *lance = (struct Am79C960*)dev->base_addr;
> + volatile struct Am79C960 *lance;
> struct ariadne_private *priv;
> int csr0, boguscnt;
> int handled = 0;
> @@ -429,6 +429, 7 @@ static irqreturn_t ariadne_interrupt(int
> printk(KERN_WARNING "ariadne_interrupt(): irq for unknown device.\n");
> return IRQ_NONE;
> }
> + lance = (struct Am79C960 *)dev->base_addr;
>
> lance->RAP = CSR0; /* PCnet-ISA Controller Status */
>
>
>
>
> --


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~Randy
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