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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Cc: straube.linux@gmail.com, dan.carpenter@linaro.org,
	hansg@kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:38:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026020213-exonerate-error-b3d8@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260202063808.664468-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com>

On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 12:38:08AM -0600, Ethan Tidmore wrote:
> The pwlan variable has the possibility of returning NULL and is not
> checked for NULL and then later dereferenced.

dereferenced where?  Not in this function :)

Please be more specific as to what exactly you are fixing here.

thanks,

greg k-h

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-02  8:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-02  6:38 [PATCH v1] staging: rtl8723bs: fix null dereference in find_network Ethan Tidmore
2026-02-02  8:38 ` Dan Carpenter
2026-02-02  8:38 ` Greg KH [this message]

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