ACK/cmnt : [Xenial][PATCH v2 0/2] Fix NULL pointer dereference

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Thu Aug 24 08:50:42 UTC 2017


On 24.08.2017 10:17, Wen-chien Jesse Sung wrote:
> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1712746
> 
> When mwifiex acts in AP mode, there's chance to find kernel oops
> while reboot. The pointer should be checked before dereference.
> 
> v2: Add "UBUNTU: SAUCE:" to the commits
> 
> Wen-chien Jesse Sung (2):
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: net/wireless: do not dereference invalid pointer
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: mwifiex: do not dereference invalid pointer
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfp.c | 4 +++-
>  net/wireless/util.c                | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>

OK, with explanation and being testable. Just make sure you add this background
to the SRU justification which you (surely about to) add to the bug report on
launchpad. ;)

-Stefan

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