From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8FF2C433F5 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:14:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BD8F2077C for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:14:57 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 7BD8F2077C Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=embeddedor.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728385AbeHaSWg (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:22:36 -0400 Received: from gateway20.websitewelcome.com ([192.185.48.38]:20626 "EHLO gateway20.websitewelcome.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727563AbeHaSWg (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:22:36 -0400 Received: from cm12.websitewelcome.com (cm12.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.8]) by gateway20.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76758400DDFC5 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:14:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator4166.hostgator.com ([108.167.133.22]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id vkCMflKqHSjJAvkCMfPtiQ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:14:54 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 Received: from [189.250.90.185] (port=43952 helo=embeddedor) by gator4166.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fvkCL-002vKb-RJ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:14:53 -0500 Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:14:51 -0500 From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" To: Corey Minyard , Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Gustavo A. R. Silva" Subject: [PATCH] ipmi: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ssif_probe Message-ID: <20180831141451.GA19032@embeddedor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator4166.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - embeddedor.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 189.250.90.185 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1fvkCL-002vKb-RJ X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (embeddedor) [189.250.90.185]:43952 X-Source-Auth: gustavo@embeddedor.com X-Email-Count: 5 X-Source-Cap: Z3V6aWRpbmU7Z3V6aWRpbmU7Z2F0b3I0MTY2Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org There is a potential execution patch in which function ssif_info_find() returns NULL, hence there is a NULL pointer dereference when accessing pointer *addr_info* Fix this by null checking *addr_info* before dereferencing it. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473145 ("Explicit null dereferenced") Fixes: e333054a91d1 ("ipmi: Fix I2C client removal in the SSIF driver") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c index 2ff3679..764d305 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c @@ -1641,7 +1641,9 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id) out: if (rv) { - addr_info->client = NULL; + if (addr_info) + addr_info->client = NULL; + dev_err(&client->dev, "Unable to start IPMI SSIF: %d\n", rv); kfree(ssif_info); } -- 2.7.4