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From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix potential null pointer dereference in ipheth_carrier_set
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:02:09 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171117200209.GA9144@embeddedor.com> (raw)

_dev_ is being dereferenced before it is null checked, hence there
is a potential null pointer dereference.

Fix this by moving the pointer dereference after _dev_ has been null
checked.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1462020
Fixes: bb1b40c7cb86 ("usbnet: ipheth: prevent TX queue timeouts when device not ready")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
---
 drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
index ca71f6c..7275761 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
@@ -291,12 +291,15 @@ static void ipheth_sndbulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 
 static int ipheth_carrier_set(struct ipheth_device *dev)
 {
-	struct usb_device *udev = dev->udev;
+	struct usb_device *udev;
 	int retval;
+
 	if (!dev)
 		return 0;
 	if (!dev->confirmed_pairing)
 		return 0;
+
+	udev = dev->udev;
 	retval = usb_control_msg(udev,
 			usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, IPHETH_CTRL_ENDP),
 			IPHETH_CMD_CARRIER_CHECK, /* request */
-- 
2.7.4

             reply	other threads:[~2017-11-17 20:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-17 20:02 Gustavo A. R. Silva [this message]
2017-11-19  3:24 ` [PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix potential null pointer dereference in ipheth_carrier_set David Miller

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