From d746b40c64619f5064ebbe545938062481ef5183 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:17:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] video: fbdev: fix possible null dereference
we were dereferencing edid first and the NULL check was after
accessing that. now we are using edid only if we know that
it is not NULL.
Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org>
Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c
index 95338593ebf4..868facdec638 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c
@@ -624,9 +624,6 @@ static struct fb_videomode *fb_create_modedb(unsigned char *edid, int *dbsize,
int num = 0, i, first = 1;
int ver, rev;
- ver = edid[EDID_STRUCT_VERSION];
- rev = edid[EDID_STRUCT_REVISION];
-
mode = kzalloc(50 * sizeof(struct fb_videomode), GFP_KERNEL);
if (mode == NULL)
return NULL;
@@ -637,6 +634,9 @@ static struct fb_videomode *fb_create_modedb(unsigned char *edid, int *dbsize,
return NULL;
}
+ ver = edid[EDID_STRUCT_VERSION];
+ rev = edid[EDID_STRUCT_REVISION];
+
*dbsize = 0;
DPRINTK(" Detailed Timings\n");
--
2.34.1