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

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

On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 03:27:45PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I don't know if this patch was merged before Greg cleaned out his inbox.
> 
> It's a good patch if you could just clean it up a bit.
> 
> 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.
> 
> The change log should say that "driver_info" is the NULL pointer.  It
> should say that by default stats->RxIs40MHzPacket is zero (as opposed to
> uninitialized memory).
> 
> > 
<snip>
> > +++ 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
> 
> Delete these kinds of comments, please.
> 
> 
> > +		stats->RxIs40MHzPacket = driver_info->BW;
> >  		TranslateRxSignalStuff819xUsb(skb, stats, driver_info);
> > -
> > +	}

but in the present form the logic is changing. can you please check the following idea - 

if (driver_info) {
	stats->RxIs40MHzPacket = driver_info->BW;
	if (stats->RxDrvInfoSize != 0)
		TranslateRxSignalStuff819xUsb(skb, stats, driver_info);
}


regards
sudip


> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
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