* [PATCH] hwrng: imx-rngc - check return value of clk_prepare_enable()
@ 2026-09-06 11:36 Ma Yukun
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From: Ma Yukun @ 2026-09-06 11:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Herbert Xu; +Cc: Martin Kaiser, linux-crypto
clk_prepare_enable() can fail here and its return value is currently
ignored. If the clock fails to enable, the probe continues to read
from the hardware registers without a clock, which can cause a bus
hang or external abort.
Check the return value and fail probe if the clock cannot be enabled.
Fixes: 1d5449445bd0 ("hwrng: mx-rngc - add a driver for Freescale RNGC")
Signed-off-by: Ma Yukun <0x4fe6@gmail.com>
---
drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c
index 7693328f1..58bdc7a6b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/imx-rngc.c
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ static int __init imx_rngc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (irq < 0)
return irq;
- clk_prepare_enable(rngc->clk);
+ ret = clk_prepare_enable(rngc->clk);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
ver_id = readl(rngc->base + RNGC_VER_ID);
--
2.43.0
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