staging: comedi: amplc_pc263: fix possible NULL deref during detach

`pc263_detach()` is called by the comedi core to clean up if either
`pc263_attach()` or `pc263_attach_pci()` returns an error.  It sets
`thisboard` to the return value of `comedi_board(dev)` and assumes it is
non-null.  This is a valid assumption if `pc263_attach()` fails, but not
if `pc263_attach_pci()` fails, leading to a possible NULL pointer
dereference.

Check `thisboard` at the top of `pc263_detach()` and return early if it
is `NULL`.  This is okay because no other resources need cleaning up in
this case.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.6.x
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_pc263.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_pc263.c
index 60830cc..d0a4c44 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_pc263.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_pc263.c
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ static void pc263_detach(struct comedi_device *dev)
 {
        const struct pc263_board *thisboard = comedi_board(dev);
 
+       if (!thisboard)
+               return;
        if (is_isa_board(thisboard)) {
                if (dev->iobase)
                        release_region(dev->iobase, PC263_IO_SIZE);