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I would prefer a wording like =E2=80=9CA null pointer can be returned by i= n_dev_get().=E2=80=9D. > The fix handles the situation > by adding a check to avoid NULL pointer dereference on idev, > as pick_local_ipaddrs does. How do you think about the wording suggestion =E2=80=9CThus add a correspo= nding check so that a null pointer dereference will be avoided at this place.=E2=80=9D= ? Please add also the tag =E2=80=9CFixes=E2=80=9D to your change description= . Regards, Markus