public inbox for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: boris.brezillon@bootlin.com (Boris Brezillon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: atmel: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:40:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180918154025.55137b03@bbrezillon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180918133317.GA17358@embeddedor.com>

Hi Gustavo,

On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:33:17 -0500
"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@embeddedor.com> wrote:

> There is a potential execution path in which function
> of_find_compatible_node() returns NULL. In such a case,
> we end up having a NULL pointer dereference when accessing
> pointer *nfc_np* in function of_clk_get().
> 
> So, we better don't take any chances and fix this by null
> checking pointer *nfc_np* before calling of_clk_get().
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473052 ("Dereference null return value")

Can you add a Fixes tag here?

> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
> index a38633a..ffa0c6b6 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
> @@ -2035,6 +2035,11 @@ atmel_hsmc_nand_controller_legacy_init(struct atmel_hsmc_nand_controller *nc)
>  	nfc_np = of_find_compatible_node(dev->of_node, NULL,
>  					 "atmel,sama5d3-nfc");
>  

Can you drop this blank line?

> +	if (!nfc_np) {
> +		dev_err(dev, "Could not find device node for sama5d3-nfc\n");
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +	}
> +
>  	nc->clk = of_clk_get(nfc_np, 0);
>  	if (IS_ERR(nc->clk)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(nc->clk);

Thanks,

Boris

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-18 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-18 13:33 [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: atmel: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference Gustavo A. R. Silva
2018-09-18 13:40 ` Boris Brezillon [this message]
2018-09-18 13:44   ` 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=20180918154025.55137b03@bbrezillon \
    --to=boris.brezillon@bootlin.com \
    --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