[PATCH] staging: line6: toneport.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

Rickard Strandqvist rickard_strandqvist at spectrumdigital.se
Sun Dec 21 22:43:16 UTC 2014


The NULL check was done to late, and there it was a risk
of a possible null pointer dereference.

This was partially found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist at spectrumdigital.se>
---
 drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c |   15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c b/drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c
index 6943715..660dc3f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/line6/toneport.c
@@ -433,12 +433,16 @@ void line6_toneport_reset_resume(struct usb_line6_toneport *toneport)
 void line6_toneport_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 {
 	struct usb_line6_toneport *toneport;
+	struct snd_line6_pcm *line6pcm;
 	u16 idProduct;
 
 	if (interface == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	toneport = usb_get_intfdata(interface);
+	if (NULL == toneport)
+		return;
+
 	del_timer_sync(&toneport->timer);
 	idProduct = le16_to_cpu(toneport->line6.usbdev->descriptor.idProduct);
 
@@ -447,13 +451,10 @@ void line6_toneport_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 		device_remove_file(&interface->dev, &dev_attr_led_green);
 	}
 
-	if (toneport != NULL) {
-		struct snd_line6_pcm *line6pcm = toneport->line6.line6pcm;
-
-		if (line6pcm != NULL) {
-			line6_pcm_release(line6pcm, LINE6_BITS_PCM_MONITOR);
-			line6_pcm_disconnect(line6pcm);
-		}
+	line6pcm = toneport->line6.line6pcm;
+	if (line6pcm != NULL) {
+		line6_pcm_release(line6pcm, LINE6_BITS_PCM_MONITOR);
+		line6_pcm_disconnect(line6pcm);
 	}
 
 	toneport_destruct(interface);
-- 
1.7.10.4



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