The if condition if (!buf && !buf->area) checks if the buf pointer is NULL and then dereferences it again to check if the buffer area is NULL, resulting in possible NULL dereference.
Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi.li...@gmail.com> --- sound/soc/spear/spear_pcm.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/spear/spear_pcm.c b/sound/soc/spear/spear_pcm.c index 97c2cac..8c7f237 100644 --- a/sound/soc/spear/spear_pcm.c +++ b/sound/soc/spear/spear_pcm.c @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static void spear_pcm_free(struct snd_pcm *pcm) continue; buf = &substream->dma_buffer; - if (!buf && !buf->area) + if (!buf || !buf->area) continue; dma_free_writecombine(pcm->card->dev, buf->bytes, -- 1.7.5.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/