From 61c59355e0154a938b28710dfa6c1d8be2ddcefa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:02:09 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix potential null pointer dereference in ipheth_carrier_set _dev_ is being dereferenced before it is null checked, hence there is a potential null pointer dereference. Fix this by moving the pointer dereference after _dev_ has been null checked. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1462020 Fixes: bb1b40c7cb86 ("usbnet: ipheth: prevent TX queue timeouts when device not ready") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c index ca71f6c03859..7275761a1177 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c @@ -291,12 +291,15 @@ static void ipheth_sndbulk_callback(struct urb *urb) static int ipheth_carrier_set(struct ipheth_device *dev) { - struct usb_device *udev = dev->udev; + struct usb_device *udev; int retval; + if (!dev) return 0; if (!dev->confirmed_pairing) return 0; + + udev = dev->udev; retval = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, IPHETH_CTRL_ENDP), IPHETH_CMD_CARRIER_CHECK, /* request */