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* [PATCH] can: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in ems_usb.c
@ 2010-04-20 13:55 Hans J. Koch
       [not found] ` <20100420135538.GA1994-hikPBsva6T+Nj9Bq2fkWzw@public.gmane.org>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Hans J. Koch @ 2010-04-20 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA; +Cc: socketcan-core-0fE9KPoRgkgATYTw5x5z8w

In ems_usb_probe(), a pointer is dereferenced after making sure it is NULL...

This patch replaces dev_err() with printk() to avoid this.

Signed-off-by: "Hans J. Koch" <hjk-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>
---
 drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.34-rc/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.34-rc.orig/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c	2010-04-20 15:32:25.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.34-rc/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c	2010-04-20 15:33:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@
 
 	netdev = alloc_candev(sizeof(struct ems_usb), MAX_TX_URBS);
 	if (!netdev) {
-		dev_err(netdev->dev.parent, "Couldn't alloc candev\n");
+		printk(KERN_ERR "ems_usb: Couldn't alloc candev\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}

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2010-04-20 13:55 [PATCH] can: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in ems_usb.c Hans J. Koch
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2010-04-20 19:47   ` Wolfgang Grandegger
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