[PATCH] video: fbdev: matrox: matroxfb_base.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

From: Rickard Strandqvist
Date: Wed Jul 02 2014 - 17:44:43 EST


Fix a possible null pointer dereference, there is otherwise a risk of a possible null pointer dereference

This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
index 7116c53..85ef84b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
@@ -1971,9 +1971,9 @@ static void matroxfb_register_device(struct matrox_fb_info* minfo) {
int i = 0;
list_add(&minfo->next_fb, &matroxfb_list);
for (drv = matroxfb_driver_l(matroxfb_driver_list.next);
- drv != matroxfb_driver_l(&matroxfb_driver_list);
+ drv && drv != matroxfb_driver_l(&matroxfb_driver_list);
drv = matroxfb_driver_l(drv->node.next)) {
- if (drv && drv->probe) {
+ if (drv->probe) {
void *p = drv->probe(minfo);
if (p) {
minfo->drivers_data[i] = p;
--
1.7.10.4

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