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Subject[PATCH 2/2] staging: unisys: dereferencing NULL pointer
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we can reach the label Away in total five situation and in four of
of them pDevInfo is NULL. so we were basically dereferencing a NULL
pointer.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
---
drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c
index b5a0e46..c8f7bea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visorchipset/visorchipset_main.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,8 @@ my_device_create(struct controlvm_message *inmsg)
POSTCODE_SEVERITY_INFO);
Away:
/* get the bus and devNo for DiagPool channel */
- if (is_diagpool_channel(pDevInfo->chan_info.channel_type_uuid)) {
+ if (pDevInfo &&
+ is_diagpool_channel(pDevInfo->chan_info.channel_type_uuid)) {
g_diagpoolBusNo = busNo;
g_diagpoolDevNo = devNo;
LOGINF("CONTROLVM_DEVICE_CREATE for DiagPool channel: busNo=%lu, devNo=%lu",
--
1.8.1.2


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