rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix NULL dereference BUG when using new_id
authorLarry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Wed, 6 Feb 2013 18:54:17 +0000 (12:54 -0600)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:38:30 +0000 (05:38 -0800)
commit481d8b5ca03dafbab105b8a831694a8d9019267d
treea839e3d64d846fe08627edbf1de907ee43cc4535
parent936f8ea980bdfa57f7e55e49e020e74547329e01
rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Fix NULL dereference BUG when using new_id

commit 957f4aca5fa0db69635271bc4621cc0b65b2d590 upstream.

When the new_id entry in /sysfs is used for a foreign USB device, rtlwifi
BUGS with a NULL pointer dereference because the per-driver configuration
data is not available. The probe function has been restructured as
suggested by Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>.

Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.h