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SubjectRe: [PATCH] vfio/pci: Avoid a null pointer dereference in vfio_config_free()
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> It is possible vfio_config_init() does not call vfio_cap_len(), and then
> vdev->msi_perm == NULL. Later, in vfio_config_free(), it could trigger a
> null-ptr-deref.

I suggest to add an imperative wording to the commit message.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=051143e1602d90ea71887d92363edd539d411de5#n151

Regards,
Markus

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