From 7dab5467647be42736dcabcd5d035c7b571f4653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 13:11:47 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] net: ieee802154: fix potential null pointer dereference Null check at line 918: if (!spi) {, implies spi might be NULL. Function spi_get_drvdata() dereference pointer spi. Move pointer priv assignment after the null check. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1408888 Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann --- drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c index f6df75e..7a21854 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c +++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c @@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ static int ca8210_spi_transfer( ) { int i, status = 0; - struct ca8210_priv *priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi); + struct ca8210_priv *priv; struct cas_control *cas_ctl; if (!spi) { @@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ static int ca8210_spi_transfer( return -ENODEV; } + priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi); reinit_completion(&priv->spi_transfer_complete); dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "ca8210_spi_transfer called\n"); -- 2.7.4