NACK: [PATCH][serial-next] serial-uartlite: fix null pointer dereference on pointer port

2018-11-13 Thread Colin Ian King
On 13/11/2018 09:38, Colin King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King > > Pointer port is dereferenced on port->private_data when assigning pointer > pdata before port is null checked, leading to a potential null pointer > dereference. Fix this by assigning pdata after the null pointer check on > port.

[PATCH][serial-next] serial-uartlite: fix null pointer dereference on pointer port

2018-11-13 Thread Colin King
From: Colin Ian King Pointer port is dereferenced on port->private_data when assigning pointer pdata before port is null checked, leading to a potential null pointer dereference. Fix this by assigning pdata after the null pointer check on port. Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1475434 ("Dereferenc