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Subject[PATCH 1/6] arch/ia64/kernel: remove null pointer dereference
From: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

If data is NULL, it is not possible to access data->ret.

The problem was detected using the following semantic match
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@@
expression E, E1;
identifier f;
statement S1,S2,S3;
@@

* if (E == NULL)
{
... when != if (E == NULL) S1 else S2
when != E = E1
* E->f
... when any
return ...;
}
else S3
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>

---

diff -u -p a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c 2008-05-09 16:46:57.000000000 +0200
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.c 2008-05-12 08:43:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -902,7 +902,6 @@ palinfo_smp_call(void *info)
palinfo_smp_data_t *data = (palinfo_smp_data_t *)info;
if (data == NULL) {
printk(KERN_ERR "palinfo: data pointer is NULL\n");
- data->ret = 0; /* no output */
return;
}
/* does this actual call */

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