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* [patch] [media] rc/redrat3: dereferencing null pointer
@ 2011-05-26  8:55 Dan Carpenter
  2011-05-26 14:51 ` Jarod Wilson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2011-05-26  8:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
  Cc: Jarod Wilson, open list:MEDIA INPUT INFRA..., kernel-janitors

In the original code, if the allocation failed we dereference "rr3"
when it was NULL.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
index 5147767..4582ef7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ static int __devinit redrat3_dev_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	rr3 = kzalloc(sizeof(*rr3), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rr3 = NULL) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Memory allocation failure\n");
-		goto error;
+		goto no_endpoints;
 	}
 
 	rr3->dev = &intf->dev;

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* Re: [patch] [media] rc/redrat3: dereferencing null pointer
  2011-05-26  8:55 [patch] [media] rc/redrat3: dereferencing null pointer Dan Carpenter
@ 2011-05-26 14:51 ` Jarod Wilson
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jarod Wilson @ 2011-05-26 14:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Dan Carpenter
  Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab, open list:MEDIA INPUT INFRA...,
	kernel-janitors

Dan Carpenter wrote:
> In the original code, if the allocation failed we dereference "rr3"
> when it was NULL.

D'oh, yeah, thanks for the fix.

Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@redhat.com



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