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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix null pointer deference when adapter is null
Hi All,

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:42 PM, Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> If adapter is null the error exit path in mwifiex_shutdown_sw is
> to down the semaphore sem and print some debug via mwifiex_dbg.
> However, passing a NULL adapter to mwifiex_dbg causes a null
> pointer deference when accessing adapter->dev. This fix checks
> for a null adapter at the start of the function and to exit
> without the need to up the semaphore and we also skip the debug
> to avoid the null pointer dereference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

Reviewed-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>

Thanks,

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