Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 23 Apr 2004 04:13:55 +0200 | From | Patrick McHardy <> | Subject | [PATCH]: Fix NULL-ptr dereference in pm2fb_probe |
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This patch fixes a NULL-pointer dereference in pm2fb_probe. The memset sets info->par to 0, it is dereferenced shortly afterwards. framebuffer_alloc already initializes the memory to 0, so it can simply be removed.
Regards Patrick
# This is a BitKeeper generated diff -Nru style patch. # # ChangeSet # 2004/04/23 04:05:58+02:00 kaber@trash.net # Fix NULL-ptr dereference in pm2fb_probe # # drivers/video/pm2fb.c # 2004/04/23 03:59:41+02:00 kaber@trash.net +0 -2 # Fix NULL-ptr dereference in pm2fb_probe # diff -Nru a/drivers/video/pm2fb.c b/drivers/video/pm2fb.c --- a/drivers/video/pm2fb.c Fri Apr 23 04:06:53 2004 +++ b/drivers/video/pm2fb.c Fri Apr 23 04:06:53 2004 @@ -1035,8 +1035,6 @@ info = framebuffer_alloc(size, &pdev->dev); if ( !info ) return -ENOMEM; - memset(info, 0, size); - default_par = info->par; switch (pdev->device) { | |