* Re: [PATCH] Mfd - Fix possible NULL derefrence.
2017-01-27 11:16 ` [PATCH] Mfd - Fix possible NULL derefrence Shailendra Verma
@ 2017-02-07 11:51 ` Andy Shevchenko
2017-02-07 16:32 ` Lee Jones
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From: Andy Shevchenko @ 2017-02-07 11:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Shailendra Verma
Cc: Lee Jones, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, p.shailesh, ashish.kalra,
Shailendra Verma
On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Shailendra Verma
<shailendra.v@samsung.com> wrote:
> of_match_device could return NULL, and so can cause a NULL
> pointer dereference later.
I think it's not possible.
> --- a/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-i2c.c
> @@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ static int mc13xxx_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> if (client->dev.of_node) {
> const struct of_device_id *of_id =
> of_match_device(mc13xxx_dt_ids, &client->dev);
> + if (!of_id) {
> + dev_err(&client->dev, "Error: No device match found\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> mc13xxx->variant = of_id->data;
> } else {
> mc13xxx->variant = (void *)id->driver_data;
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c b/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c
> index cbc1e5e..97ab19c 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c
> @@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ static int mc13xxx_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> if (spi->dev.of_node) {
> const struct of_device_id *of_id =
> of_match_device(mc13xxx_dt_ids, &spi->dev);
> + if (!of_id) {
> + dev_err(&spi->dev, "Error: No device match found\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> mc13xxx->variant = of_id->data;
> } else {
> const struct spi_device_id *id_entry = spi_get_device_id(spi);
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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2017-01-27 11:16 ` [PATCH] Mfd - Fix possible NULL derefrence Shailendra Verma
2017-02-07 11:51 ` Andy Shevchenko
@ 2017-02-07 16:32 ` Lee Jones
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lee Jones @ 2017-02-07 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Shailendra Verma; +Cc: linux-kernel, p.shailesh, ashish.kalra, Shailendra Verma
On Fri, 27 Jan 2017, Shailendra Verma wrote:
> of_match_device could return NULL, and so can cause a NULL
> pointer dereference later.
I don't think it can.
Did this actually happen to you?
> Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@samsung.com>
> ---
> drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-i2c.c | 4 ++++
> drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c | 5 ++++-
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-i2c.c
> index 67e4c9a..e03f454 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-i2c.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-i2c.c
> @@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ static int mc13xxx_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> if (client->dev.of_node) {
> const struct of_device_id *of_id =
> of_match_device(mc13xxx_dt_ids, &client->dev);
> + if (!of_id) {
> + dev_err(&client->dev, "Error: No device match found\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> mc13xxx->variant = of_id->data;
> } else {
> mc13xxx->variant = (void *)id->driver_data;
> diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c b/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c
> index cbc1e5e..97ab19c 100644
> --- a/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/mfd/mc13xxx-spi.c
> @@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ static int mc13xxx_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
> if (spi->dev.of_node) {
> const struct of_device_id *of_id =
> of_match_device(mc13xxx_dt_ids, &spi->dev);
> + if (!of_id) {
> + dev_err(&spi->dev, "Error: No device match found\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
> mc13xxx->variant = of_id->data;
> } else {
> const struct spi_device_id *id_entry = spi_get_device_id(spi);
--
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