From: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:10:11 +0000 (-0200)
Subject: [media] lirc: fix null dereference for tx-only devices
X-Git-Tag: v4.11-rc1~132^2~154
X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7cebf2ee8b7e39c06c93b593b0848a7baf9e73a8;p=karo-tx-linux.git

[media] lirc: fix null dereference for tx-only devices

tx-only RC devices do not have a receive buffer.

Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index e0e2297f13d1..0030ce01babc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ int lirc_dev_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		if (retval) {
 			module_put(cdev->owner);
 			ir->open--;
-		} else {
+		} else if (ir->buf) {
 			lirc_buffer_clear(ir->buf);
 		}
 		if (ir->task)