[PATCH 3/4] isdn: prevent NULL ptr Oops in capi_cmsg2str()

From: Tilman Schmidt
Date: Sun Jun 07 2009 - 15:10:32 EST


The dereferencing of the private pointer cmsg->m in capi_cmsg2str() may
cause an Oops in case of an error, which is particularly inconvenient
as that function is typically used to format an error message. Add a
NULL pointer check to avoid this.

Impact: error handling improvement
Signed-off-by: Tilman Schmidt <tilman@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c b/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
index c7c2902..16f2e46 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/capi/capiutil.c
@@ -989,6 +989,8 @@ _cdebbuf *capi_cmsg2str(_cmsg * cmsg)
{
_cdebbuf *cdb;

+ if (!cmsg->m)
+ return NULL; /* no message */
cdb = cdebbuf_alloc();
if (!cdb)
return NULL;
--
1.6.2.1.214.ge986c

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