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From: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ASoC: correct the check for NULL
	dma_buffer pointer
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:24:36 -0700
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 08:55:21AM +0530, Prasad Joshi wrote:
> The if condition
> 	if (!buf && !buf->area)
> 
> checks if the buf pointer is NULL and then dereferences it again to
> check if the buffer area is NULL, resulting in possible NULL
> dereference.

Applied, thanks.