From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:30:17 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [PATCH] Char: isicom, fix close bug
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.19-rc6~6
X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c387fd85f84b9d89a75596325d8d6a0f730baf64;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git

[PATCH] Char: isicom, fix close bug

port is dereferenced even if it is NULL.  Dereference it _after_ the
check if (!port)...  Thanks Eric <ef87@yahoo.com> for reporting this.

This fixes

	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7527

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
---

diff --git a/drivers/char/isicom.c b/drivers/char/isicom.c
index e9e9bf31c36..58c955e390b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/isicom.c
+++ b/drivers/char/isicom.c
@@ -1062,11 +1062,12 @@ static void isicom_shutdown_port(struct isi_port *port)
 static void isicom_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct isi_port *port = tty->driver_data;
-	struct isi_board *card = port->card;
+	struct isi_board *card;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (!port)
 		return;
+	card = port->card;
 	if (isicom_paranoia_check(port, tty->name, "isicom_close"))
 		return;