Re: [PATCH] vfio/pci: Avoid a null pointer dereference in vfio_config_free()

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Fri May 22 2020 - 05:42:23 EST


> It is possible vfio_config_init() does not call vfio_cap_len(), and then
> vdev->msi_perm == NULL. Later, in vfio_config_free(), it could trigger a
> null-ptr-deref.

I suggest to add an imperative wording to the commit message.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=051143e1602d90ea71887d92363edd539d411de5#n151

Regards,
Markus