From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: tklauser@distanz.ch
Cc: f.fainelli@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: mdio-mux: Check return value of mdiobus_alloc()
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:30:47 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151214.143047.997678276798238332.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1450097511-13010-1-git-send-email-tklauser@distanz.ch>
From: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:51:51 +0100
> mdiobus_alloc() might return NULL, but its return value is not
> checked in mdio_mux_init(). This could potentially lead to a NULL
> pointer dereference. Fix it by checking the return value
>
> Fixes: 0ca2997d1452 ("netdev/of/phy: Add MDIO bus multiplexer support.")
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Applied, thanks Tobias.
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2015-12-14 12:51 [PATCH] net: phy: mdio-mux: Check return value of mdiobus_alloc() Tobias Klauser
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