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V4L/DVB (3488): Snd_cx88_create: don't dereference NULL core

If the call to cx88_core_get returns a NULL value, it is dereferenced
by cx88_reset, and perhaps by cx88_core_put.  Spotted by the Coverity
checker.

Signed-off-by: Duncan Sands <baldrick@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Duncan Sands 19 years ago
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1 changed files with 5 additions and 5 deletions
  1. 5 5
      drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-alsa.c

+ 5 - 5
drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-alsa.c

@@ -672,6 +672,11 @@ static int __devinit snd_cx88_create(snd_card_t *card, struct pci_dev *pci,
 	chip = (snd_cx88_card_t *) card->private_data;
 
 	core = cx88_core_get(pci);
+	if (NULL == core) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		kfree (chip);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	if (!pci_dma_supported(pci,0xffffffff)) {
 		dprintk(0, "%s/1: Oops: no 32bit PCI DMA ???\n",core->name);
@@ -688,11 +693,6 @@ static int __devinit snd_cx88_create(snd_card_t *card, struct pci_dev *pci,
 	spin_lock_init(&chip->reg_lock);
 
 	cx88_reset(core);
-	if (NULL == core) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		kfree (chip);
-		return err;
-	}
 	chip->core = core;
 
 	/* get irq */