* [PATCH] PCI: Fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference
@ 2019-03-19 0:26 Aditya Pakki
2019-03-19 5:36 ` Jisheng Zhang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Aditya Pakki @ 2019-03-19 0:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pakki001
Cc: kjlu, Will Deacon, Lorenzo Pieralisi, Bjorn Helgaas, linux-pci,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
In gen_pci_probe, of_match_node can return a NULL pointer in case of
failure. The patch avoids a NULL pointer dereference in such a scenario.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@umn.edu>
---
drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c
index dea3ec7592a2..85f473f50e96 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ static int gen_pci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct pci_ecam_ops *ops;
of_id = of_match_node(gen_pci_of_match, pdev->dev.of_node);
+ if (!of_id)
+ return -ENXIO;
ops = (struct pci_ecam_ops *)of_id->data;
return pci_host_common_probe(pdev, ops);
--
2.17.1
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* Re: [PATCH] PCI: Fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference
2019-03-19 0:26 [PATCH] PCI: Fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference Aditya Pakki
@ 2019-03-19 5:36 ` Jisheng Zhang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jisheng Zhang @ 2019-03-19 5:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Aditya Pakki
Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi, kjlu, Will Deacon, linux-kernel, linux-pci,
Bjorn Helgaas, linux-arm-kernel
On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:26:30 -0500 Aditya Pakki wrote:
>
> In gen_pci_probe, of_match_node can return a NULL pointer in case of
This could not happen. If the probe is called, it means OF registered a
device with a valid compatible string, so of_match_node cannot be NULL.
> failure. The patch avoids a NULL pointer dereference in such a scenario.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@umn.edu>
> ---
> drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c
> index dea3ec7592a2..85f473f50e96 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c
> @@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ static int gen_pci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> struct pci_ecam_ops *ops;
>
> of_id = of_match_node(gen_pci_of_match, pdev->dev.of_node);
> + if (!of_id)
> + return -ENXIO;
> ops = (struct pci_ecam_ops *)of_id->data;
>
> return pci_host_common_probe(pdev, ops);
> --
> 2.17.1
>
>
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