Re: [RFC/RFT v2 0/2] power_supply: Fix NULL pointer dereference from uevent

["Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@goldelico.com>]

Hi,

Am 19.05.2015 um 09:13 schrieb Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> Changes since v1:
> =================
> 1. Patch 2: fix invalid member used for container_of().
> 2. Patch 2: Replace WARN with pr_warn() in __power_supply_register()
>   if parent is missing.
> 
> 
> Description:
> ============
> This is an idea to fix issue in bq27x00 driver (and probably in others)
> reported by H. Nikolaus Schaller [0].
> 
> The fixes are marked RFC/RFT because:
> 1. I do not have bq27x00-like device. I confirmed this and tested on
>   modified drivers (max77693, ACPI AC). These drivers are not
>   impacted by the issue but one can easily adjust them to reproduce
>   the problem.
> 2. The first uevent coming from power_supply_register() is now
>   different because it won't contain device properties. I am
>   not sure how this impacts userspace.
> 
> Comments are welcomed.

appears to work! bq27000 is coming up now without hickups.

What I can’t test is if the uevent is reasonable because we do not
have a specific rule triggered by it in our system.

So from my side we are now happy with the solution.

Thanks and BR,
Nikolaus

> 
> 
> [0] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/18/152
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
> 
> Krzysztof Kozlowski (2):
>  power_supply: Fix NULL pointer dereference during bq27x00_battery
>    probe
>  power_supply: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference on early uevent
> 
> drivers/power/power_supply_core.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> include/linux/power_supply.h      |  1 +
> 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
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> 1.9.1
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