Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:15:50 +0100 (WEST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH][next] mqprio: fix potential null pointer dereference on opt | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:01:30 +0100
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> > > The pointer opt has a null check however before for this check opt is > dereferenced when len is initialized, hence we potentially have a null > pointer deference on opt. Avoid this by checking for a null opt before > dereferencing it. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1458234 ("Dereference before null check") > > Fixes: 4e8b86c06269 ("mqprio: Introduce new hardware offload mode and shaper in mqprio") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Applied.
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