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Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] gpio: brcmstb: fix null ptr dereference in driver remove

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  Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] gpio: brcmstb: fix null ptr dereference in driver remove Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2015-07-13 14:30 +0200

#1182765 — Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] gpio: brcmstb: fix null ptr dereference in driver remove

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:00 AM, Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com> wrote:

> If a failure occurs during probe, brcmstb_gpio_remove() is called. In
> remove, we call platform_get_drvdata(), but at the time of failure in
> the probe the driver data hadn't yet been set which leads to a NULL
> ptr dereference in the remove's list_for_each.  Call
> platform_set_drvdata() and set up list head right after allocating the
> priv struct to both avoid the null pointer dereference that could
> occur today.  To guard against potential future changes, check for
> null pointer in remove.
>
> Reported-by: Tim Ross <tross@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@gmail.com>
> ---
> New in v3.

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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