From: Michel Marti <michel.marti@objectxp.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] 2.6.4: Fix NULL pointer dereference in blkmtd.c
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:30:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40502396.3030402@objectxp.com> (raw)
Hello all,
The blkmtd driver oopses in add_device(). The following trivial patch fixes
this.
Cheers,
- Michel
diff -urN linux-2.6.4/drivers/mtd/devices/blkmtd.c linux-2.6.4-mma/drivers/mtd/devices/blkmtd.c
--- linux-2.6.4/drivers/mtd/devices/blkmtd.c 2004-02-18 04:57:13.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.4-mma/drivers/mtd/devices/blkmtd.c 2004-03-11 09:02:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -664,12 +664,12 @@
}
memset(dev, 0, sizeof(struct blkmtd_dev));
+ dev->blkdev = bdev;
atomic_set(&(dev->blkdev->bd_inode->i_mapping->truncate_count), 0);
if(!readonly) {
init_MUTEX(&dev->wrbuf_mutex);
}
- dev->blkdev = bdev;
dev->mtd_info.size = dev->blkdev->bd_inode->i_size & PAGE_MASK;
/* Setup the MTD structure */
reply other threads:[~2004-03-11 8:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: [no followups] expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=40502396.3030402@objectxp.com \
--to=michel.marti@objectxp.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox