V4L/DVB (6188): Avoid a NULL pointer dereference during mpeg_open()
authorSteven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com>
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 01:48:35 +0000 (22:48 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:13:42 +0000 (13:13 -0300)
Bug: With a hardware encoder board installed as cx88[1] and a
non-encoder boards installed as cx88[0], an OOPS is generated
during cx8802_get_device() called from mpeg_open().

Signed-off-by: Steven Toth <stoth@hauppauge.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-mpeg.c

index 317a2a3f9cc1bdd59d923306febe9d901e3742f6..da7a6b591a674e02187533e1b74f8fa52ba94e18 100644 (file)
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ struct cx8802_dev * cx8802_get_device(struct inode *inode)
 
        list_for_each(list,&cx8802_devlist) {
                h = list_entry(list, struct cx8802_dev, devlist);
-               if (h->mpeg_dev->minor == minor)
+               if (h->mpeg_dev && h->mpeg_dev->minor == minor)
                        return h;
        }