Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: sm501fb: fix potential null pointer dereference on fbi
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From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <hidden>
Date: 2017-11-17 16:03:49
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On Friday, November 10, 2017 05:32:31 PM Colin King wrote:
From: Colin Ian King <redacted>
The pointer fbi is dereferenced with par = fbi->par before there is a
null check on fbi, hence there is a potential null pointer dereference
on a null par. Fix this by moving the dereference after the null
pointer check.
Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1461301 ("Dereference before null check")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>Patch queued for 4.15, thanks. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics