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authorLinas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>2006-08-05 12:14:36 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-08-06 08:57:48 -0700
commit229395c90aadbadef76bacf52b9cb3326f509e93 (patch)
tree53705312e1521192a3fff0af34a5aa1d62f40372 /drivers/char
parent825e037fb8912f38e9d9ddd3ec79fa7c584db708 (diff)
[PATCH] pSeries hvsi char driver null pointer deref
Under certain rare circumstances, it appears that there can be be a NULL-pointer deref when a user fiddles with terminal emeulation programs while outpu is being sent to the console. This patch checks for and avoids a NULL-pointer deref. Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollisbl@austin.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hvsi.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvsi.c b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
index 41db8060e8f..54cbb58b874 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvsi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvsi.c
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ static void hvsi_recv_control(struct hvsi_struct *hp, uint8_t *packet,
/* CD went away; no more connection */
pr_debug("hvsi%i: CD dropped\n", hp->index);
hp->mctrl &= TIOCM_CD;
- if (!(hp->tty->flags & CLOCAL))
+ /* If userland hasn't done an open(2) yet, hp->tty is NULL. */
+ if (hp->tty && !(hp->tty->flags & CLOCAL))
*to_hangup = hp->tty;
}
break;