The exit label performs device_unlock(&dev->dev);, which will fail when dev
is NULL, and nfc_put_device(dev);, which is not useful when dev is NULL, so
just exit the function immediately.
Problem found using scripts/coccinelle/null/deref_null.cocci
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia.law...@lip6.fr>
---
net/nfc/netlink.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 853172c..f040532 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -1109,10 +1109,8 @@ static int nfc_genl_llc_sdreq(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct genl_info *info)
idx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX]);
dev = nfc_get_device(idx);
- if (!dev) {
- rc = -ENODEV;
- goto exit;
- }
+ if (!dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
device_lock(&dev->dev);
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