Re: [PATCH] Be a bit defensive in quirk_nvidia_ck804() so we don't risk dereferencing a NULL pdev.
- From: Alan <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:55:41 +0000
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 00:21:56 +0100
Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
pci_get_slot() may return NULL if nothing was found.
quirk_nvidia_ck804() does not check the value returned from pci_get_slot(),
so it may end up causing a NULL pointer deref.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>
I don't think its a physically possible case but it does no harm and
it'll kill boot if it happens
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
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