Re: [patch] ppp: potential NULL dereference in ppp_mp_explode()
From: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:58:10 +0200
> Smatch complains because we check whether "pch->chan" is NULL and then
> dereference it unconditionally on the next line. Partly the reason this
> bug was introduced is because code was too complicated. I've simplified
> it a little.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Compile tested only. Perhaps it would be better to set pch->speed to
> zero? The comments say that zero implies the speed hasn't been set.
I think how you've fixed it is OK, actually this whole MP rewrite
could use some more auditing :-)
Applied, thanks Dan.
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