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Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: 74xx: fix a possible NULL dereference

From Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: 74xx: fix a possible NULL dereference
Date 2015-11-20 10:30 +0100
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On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 9:27 PM, LABBE Corentin
<clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> wrote:
> of_match_device could return NULL, and so cause a NULL pointer
> dereference later at line 132:
> priv->flags = (uintptr_t) of_id->data;
>
> Reported-by: coverity (CID 1324141)

This is a DT-only driver, hence this cannot happen?

> Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-74xx-mmio.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-74xx-mmio.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-74xx-mmio.c
> index 6ed7c0f..6b18682 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-74xx-mmio.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-74xx-mmio.c
> @@ -113,13 +113,16 @@ static int mmio_74xx_dir_out(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned int gpio, int val)
>
>  static int mmio_74xx_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
> -       const struct of_device_id *of_id =
> -               of_match_device(mmio_74xx_gpio_ids, &pdev->dev);
> +       const struct of_device_id *of_id;
>         struct mmio_74xx_gpio_priv *priv;
>         struct resource *res;
>         void __iomem *dat;
>         int err;
>
> +       of_id = of_match_device(mmio_74xx_gpio_ids, &pdev->dev);
> +       if (!of_id)
> +               return -ENODEV;
> +
>         priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!priv)
>                 return -ENOMEM;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: 74xx: fix a possible NULL dereference Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-11-20 10:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/3] gpio: 74xx: fix a possible NULL dereference Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2015-11-30 13:10 +0100

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