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| author | Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com> | 2006-08-05 12:14:36 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-08-06 08:57:48 -0700 |
| commit | 229395c90aadbadef76bacf52b9cb3326f509e93 (patch) | |
| tree | 53705312e1521192a3fff0af34a5aa1d62f40372 /drivers/char/mem.c | |
| parent | 825e037fb8912f38e9d9ddd3ec79fa7c584db708 (diff) | |
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[PATCH] pSeries hvsi char driver null pointer deref
Under certain rare circumstances, it appears that there can be be a
NULL-pointer deref when a user fiddles with terminal emeulation programs while
outpu is being sent to the console. This patch checks for and avoids a
NULL-pointer deref.
Signed-off-by: Hollis Blanchard <hollisbl@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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