> -----Original Message----- > From: Colin King [mailto:colin.k...@canonical.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 10:27 AM > To: KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com>; Haiyang Zhang > <haiya...@microsoft.com>; Stephen Hemminger <sthem...@microsoft.com>; > de...@linuxdriverproject.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org > Cc: kernel-janit...@vger.kernel.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: [PATCH] netvsc: fix dereference before null check errors > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com> > > ndev is being checked to see if it is a null pointer however before > the null check ndev is being dereferenced; hence there is a potential > null pointer dereference bug that needs fixing. Fix this by only > dereferencing ndev after the null check. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1420760, CID#140761 ("Dereference > before null check") > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.k...@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiya...@microsoft.com> Thank you!
