Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8192u: r8192U_core: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

[Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 07:59:12PM +0100, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> Fix a possible null pointer dereference, there is
> otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
> 
> This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c |    8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> index e031a25..4a29237 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r8192U_core.c
> @@ -4476,11 +4476,11 @@ static void query_rxdesc_status(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  
>  	/* for debug 2008.5.29 */
>  
> -	//added by vivi, for MP, 20080108
> -	stats->RxIs40MHzPacket = driver_info->BW;
> -	if (stats->RxDrvInfoSize != 0)
> +	if (driver_info && stats->RxDrvInfoSize != 0) {
> +		//added by vivi, for MP, 20080108
> +		stats->RxIs40MHzPacket = driver_info->BW;
>  		TranslateRxSignalStuff819xUsb(skb, stats, driver_info);
> -
> +	}
but isn't the logic getting changed here?

regards
sudip

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