linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: jic23@kernel.org (Jonathan Cameron)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] iio: adc: meson-saradc: add NULL check on of_match_device() return value
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 19:08:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170709190843.0bfa292f@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFBinCBgXAFvLqXP5e-j=UeQVd+foUDqKUNzO8hwQ71tKga1Vg@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, 8 Jul 2017 15:42:46 +0200
Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Gustavo A. R. Silva
> <garsilva@embeddedor.com> wrote:
> > Check return value from call to of_match_device()
> > in order to prevent a NULL pointer dereference.
> >
> > In case of NULL print error message and return -ENODEV
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>  
> thanks for finding this. a crash here is a rather theoretical problem
> (since all compatible strings have their corresponding match data) -
> but it doesn't hurt either, so:
> 
> Acked-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>
Applied.

Jonathan
> 
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c
> > index 83da50e..07dbcc3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c
> > @@ -915,6 +915,11 @@ static int meson_sar_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >         init_completion(&priv->done);
> >
> >         match = of_match_device(meson_sar_adc_of_match, &pdev->dev);
> > +       if (!match) {
> > +               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to match device\n");
> > +               return -ENODEV;
> > +       }
> > +
> >         priv->data = match->data;
> >
> >         indio_dev->name = priv->data->name;
> > --
> > 2.5.0
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > linux-amlogic mailing list
> > linux-amlogic at lists.infradead.org
> > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-amlogic  
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in
> the body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-09 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-07  6:46 [PATCH] iio: adc: meson-saradc: add NULL check on of_match_device() return value Gustavo A. R. Silva
2017-07-08 13:42 ` Martin Blumenstingl
2017-07-09 18:08   ` Jonathan Cameron [this message]
2017-07-17  4:55     ` Gustavo A. R. Silva
2017-07-10 19:40   ` Gustavo A. R. Silva

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20170709190843.0bfa292f@kernel.org \
    --to=jic23@kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).