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Subject[patch 03/37] serial: access after NULL check in uart_flush_buffer()
2.6.25-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us
know.

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From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>

commit 55d7b68996a5064f011d681bca412b6281d2f711 upstream

I noticed that

static void uart_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct uart_state *state = tty->driver_data;
struct uart_port *port = state->port;
unsigned long flags;

/*
* This means you called this function _after_ the port was
* closed. No cookie for you.
*/
if (!state || !state->info) {
WARN_ON(1);
return;
}

is too late for checking state != NULL.

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
drivers/serial/serial_core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int uart_chars_in_buffer(struct t
static void uart_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
{
struct uart_state *state = tty->driver_data;
- struct uart_port *port = state->port;
+ struct uart_port *port;
unsigned long flags;

/*
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ static void uart_flush_buffer(struct tty
return;
}

+ port = state->port;
pr_debug("uart_flush_buffer(%d) called\n", tty->index);

spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
--


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