Re: [PATCH] nvmem: nintendo-otp: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in nintendo_otp_probe()

Srinivas Kandagatla
2026-01-05T07:59:18Z

On 12/10/25 3:38 AM, Haotian Zhang wrote:
> of_match_device() may return NULL if no match is found.
> Dereferencing the return value of_id in nintendo_otp_probe()
This does not make sense, nintendo_otp_probe() will never be called
without a dt compatible match.

Why do you think this will be null?

--srini

> without a check could lead to a NULL pointer dereference.
>
> Add a check for of_id and return -ENODEV upon failure.
>
> Fixes: 3683b761fe3a ("nvmem: nintendo-otp: Add new driver for the Wii and Wii U OTP")
> Signed-off-by: Haotian Zhang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> drivers/nvmem/nintendo-otp.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/nintendo-otp.c b/drivers/nvmem/nintendo-otp.c
> index 355e7f1fc6d5..89b15a58bf88 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvmem/nintendo-otp.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvmem/nintendo-otp.c
> @@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ static int nintendo_otp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> .root_only = true,
> };
>
> + if (!of_id)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> priv = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!priv)
> return -ENOMEM;