Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Sep 2007 13:06:51 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in usbat_check_status() in drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c |
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On Tue, Sep 04 2007, Micah Gruber wrote: > This patch fixes a potential null dereference bug where we dereference us before a null check. This patch simply moves the dereferencing after the null check. > > Signed-off-by: Micah Gruber <micah.gruber@gmail.com>
Be careful with stuff like that, if you actually look at the code, a us == NULL doesn't seem to be possible (or usbat_flash_transport() would have oopsed before).
-- Jens Axboe
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