Re: [PATCH 6.1.y] ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent()

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

[ Sasha's backport helper bot ]

Hi,

The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 789c17185fb0f39560496c2beab9b57ce1d0cbe7

WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit:
Backport author: Imkanmod Khan<imkanmodkhan@gmail.com>
Commit author: Rand Deeb<rand.sec96@gmail.com>


Status in newer kernel trees:
6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1)
6.6.y | Present (different SHA1: c5dc2d8eb398)
6.1.y | Not found

Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit:
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1:  789c17185fb0f ! 1:  53b764260405d ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent()
    @@ Metadata
      ## Commit message ##
         ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent()
     
    +    [ Upstream commit 789c17185fb0f39560496c2beab9b57ce1d0cbe7 ]
    +
         The ssb_device_uevent() function first attempts to convert the 'dev' pointer
         to 'struct ssb_device *'. However, it mistakenly dereferences 'dev' before
         performing the NULL check, potentially leading to a NULL pointer
    @@ Commit message
         Signed-off-by: Rand Deeb <rand.sec96@gmail.com>
         Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
         Link: https://msgid.link/20240306123028.164155-1-rand.sec96@gmail.com
    +    Signed-off-by: Imkanmod Khan <imkanmodkhan@gmail.com>
     
      ## drivers/ssb/main.c ##
     @@ drivers/ssb/main.c: static int ssb_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
      
    - static int ssb_device_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
    + static int ssb_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
      {
    --	const struct ssb_device *ssb_dev = dev_to_ssb_dev(dev);
    -+	const struct ssb_device *ssb_dev;
    +-	struct ssb_device *ssb_dev = dev_to_ssb_dev(dev);
    ++	struct ssb_device *ssb_dev;
      
      	if (!dev)
      		return -ENODEV;
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Results of testing on various branches:

| Branch                    | Patch Apply | Build Test |
|---------------------------|-------------|------------|
| stable/linux-6.1.y        |  Success    |  Success   |