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https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Revision 229395c90aadbadef76bacf52b9cb3326f509e93 authored by Linas Vepstas on 05 August 2006, 19:14:36 UTC, committed by Linus Torvalds on 06 August 2006, 15:57:48 UTC
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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Tip revision: 229395c90aadbadef76bacf52b9cb3326f509e93 authored by Linas Vepstas on 05 August 2006, 19:14:36 UTC
[PATCH] pSeries hvsi char driver null pointer deref
Tip revision: 229395c
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