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[PATCH] Fix potential NULL pointer deref in gen_init_cpio
authorJesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:21:54 +0000 (22:21 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:13:52 +0000 (09:13 -0700)
commitaa1e816fc92215f94bdfd90107baae8fdc2440d1
tree1d520ff39b65a7d3a5f68008eb44ea15c63e0d96
parent9dfb563b07b1aafcd7d40528ebfa7f9ce28f0556
[PATCH] Fix potential NULL pointer deref in gen_init_cpio

Fix potential NULL pointer deref in gen_init_cpio.c spotted by coverity
checker.  This fixes coverity bug #86

Without this patch we risk dereferencing a NULL `type' in the
"if ('\n' == *type) {" line.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
usr/gen_init_cpio.c