Re: [PATCH] staging: gdm724x: gdm_tty: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

[Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 07:46:10PM +0100, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> Fix a possible null pointer dereference, there is
> otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference.
> 
> This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_tty.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_tty.c b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_tty.c
> index 001348c..66b356e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_tty.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/gdm_tty.c
> @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int gdm_tty_recv_complete(void *data,
>  	struct gdm *gdm = tty_dev->gdm[index];
>  
>  	if (!GDM_TTY_READY(gdm)) {
> -		if (complete == RECV_PACKET_PROCESS_COMPLETE)
> +		if (gdm && complete == RECV_PACKET_PROCESS_COMPLETE)
GDM_TTY_READY() is already checking for gdm, there is no chance that gdm can be null at this point. so this additional check is not required.

regards
sudip
>  			gdm_tty_recv(gdm, gdm_tty_recv_complete);
>  		return TO_HOST_PORT_CLOSE;
>  	}
> -- 
> 1.7.10.4
> 
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