net: core: avoid possible NULL pointer dereference
Checking if dev is NULL after dereferencing it does not make sense.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>
diff --git a/net/eth-uclass.c b/net/eth-uclass.c
index c3cc315..b659961 100644
--- a/net/eth-uclass.c
+++ b/net/eth-uclass.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
static int eth_write_hwaddr(struct udevice *dev)
{
- struct eth_pdata *pdata = dev->platdata;
+ struct eth_pdata *pdata;
int ret = 0;
if (!dev || !device_active(dev))
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
/* seq is valid since the device is active */
if (eth_get_ops(dev)->write_hwaddr && !eth_mac_skip(dev->seq)) {
+ pdata = dev->platdata;
if (!is_valid_ethaddr(pdata->enetaddr)) {
printf("\nError: %s address %pM illegal value\n",
dev->name, pdata->enetaddr);