Subject: Re: [PATCH] rsi: fix potential null dereference in rsi_probe()

From: Johan Hovold <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 16:49:30 +0200

On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 01:47:36PM +0000, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Denis Efremov <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > The id pointer can be NULL in rsi_probe().

While the existing code in rsi_probe() may lead you to believe that,
this statement is false. 

> > It is checked everywhere except
> > for the else branch in the idProduct condition. The patch adds NULL check
> > before the id dereference in the rsi_dbg() call.
> > 
> > Fixes: 54fdb318c111 ("rsi: add new device model for 9116")
> > Cc: Amitkumar Karwar <[email-masked]>
> > Cc: Siva Rebbagondla <[email-masked]>
> > Cc: Kalle Valo <[email-masked]>
> > Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <[email-masked]>
> 
> Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
> 
> f170d44bc4ec rsi: fix potential null dereference in rsi_probe()

I just sent a revert to prevent the confusion from spreading (e.g. to
stable autosel and contributers looking for things to work on). Hope you
don't mind, Kalle.

Johan