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Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: rndis: Avoid dereference before NULL check
To:     Jim Lin <jilin@nvidia.com>, <balbi@kernel.org>,
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From:   Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@omp.ru>
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On 9/8/22 8:56 PM, Jim Lin wrote:

> NULL check is performed after params->dev is dereferenced in
> dev_get_stats.
> Fixed by adding a NULL check before dereferencing params->dev and
> removing subsequent NULL checks for it.

   You've beaten me to send such a patch... :-)

> 
> Signed-off-by: Aniruddha TVS Rao <anrao@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jim Lin <jilin@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c | 37 ++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c
> index 64de9f1b874c..d2f18f34c8e5 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/rndis.c
> @@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ static int gen_ndis_query_resp(struct rndis_params *params, u32 OID, u8 *buf,
>  	outbuf = (__le32 *)&resp[1];
>  	resp->InformationBufferOffset = cpu_to_le32(16);
>  
> +	if (!params->dev)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +

   Hm, isn't this checked at the start of rndis_query_response(), this function's
only caller?

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MBR, Sergey