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ddcci-driver-linux package

Fix incorrect check on null pointer after a kzalloc

Bug #1833578 reported by Colin Ian King
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ddcci-driver-linux (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Colin Ian King

Bug Description

Currently device is being allocated but buffer is being used to check for a failed allocation. Fix this by checking if device is null rather than buffer.

Tags: patch
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Colin Ian King (colin-king) wrote :
Changed in ddcci-driver-linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Colin Ian King (colin-king)
status: New → In Progress
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)
tags: added: patch
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Colin Ian King (colin-king) wrote :
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Colin Ian King (colin-king) wrote :

Source package with fix in: https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/lp-1833578/

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ddcci-driver-linux - 0.3.2-1ubuntu1

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ddcci-driver-linux (0.3.2-1ubuntu1) eoan; urgency=medium

  * Fix incorrect check on null pointer after a kzalloc (LP: #1833578)
    - checking if pointer device is null rather than buffer.

 -- Colin Ian King <email address hidden> Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:04:11 +0100

Changed in ddcci-driver-linux (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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