Re: [PATCH] Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in usbat_check_status() in drivers/usb/storage/shuttle_usbat.c

Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.usb.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>

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).

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Jens Axboe
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