Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:50:12 | From | <> | Subject | Bug fix for /fs/proc/fd.c |
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# this patch fixes a check that should be before dereferencing a ptr # From George Mirchev (gmirchev@usa.net)
--- fd.old Thu Nov 13 06:36:41 1997 +++ fd.c Sat Aug 22 16:05:27 1998 @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ int i; *result = NULL; + if (!dir) + return -ENOENT; ino = dir->i_ino; pid = ino >> 16; ino &= 0x0000ffff; - if (!dir) - return -ENOENT; sb = dir->i_sb; if (!pid || ino != PROC_PID_FD || !S_ISDIR(dir->i_mode)) { iput(dir); ### End here
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