[PATCH] Fix null pointer dereference in xf86_reload_cursors().

Cyril Brulebois kibi at debian.org
Sun Feb 28 17:11:36 PST 2010


Upon resume, X may try to dereference a null pointer, which has been
reported in Debian bug #507916 (http://bugs.debian.org/507916).

Jim Paris came up with a patch which solves the problem for him. Here's
a (hopefully) fixed version of his patch (without the typo).

Cc: Jim Paris <jim at jtan.com>
Signed-off-by: Cyril Brulebois <kibi at debian.org>
---
 hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
index 385848b..d6e747f 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/modes/xf86Cursors.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ xf86_reload_cursors (ScreenPtr screen)
     cursor_screen_priv = dixLookupPrivate(&screen->devPrivates,
 					  xf86CursorScreenKey);
     /* return if HW cursor is inactive, to avoid displaying two cursors */
-    if (!cursor_screen_priv->isUp)
+    if (!cursor_screen_priv || !cursor_screen_priv->isUp)
 	return;
 
     scrn = xf86Screens[screen->myNum];
-- 
1.7.0



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