Re: phy: cpcap-usb: Add CPCAP PMIC USB support

From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Tue Jun 06 2017 - 06:54:35 EST


* Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [170605 10:58]:
> Hi Tony,
>
> While running static analysis on linux-next, CoverityScan picked up a
> NULL pointer deference on ddata->pins when calling pinctrl_lookup_state:
>
> 466 ddata->pins = devm_pinctrl_get(ddata->dev);
>
> 1. Condition IS_ERR(ddata->pins), taking true branch.
>
> 467 if (IS_ERR(ddata->pins)) {
> 468 dev_info(ddata->dev, "default pins not configured:
> %ld\n",
> 469 PTR_ERR(ddata->pins));
>
> 2. assign_zero: Assigning: ddata->pins = NULL.
>
> 470 ddata->pins = NULL;
> 471 }
> 472
>
> CID 1440453 (#1 of 1): Explicit null dereferenced (FORWARD_NULL)3.
> var_deref_model: Passing null pointer ddata->pins to
> pinctrl_lookup_state, which dereferences it. [show details]
>
> 473 ddata->pins_ulpi = pinctrl_lookup_state(ddata->pins, "ulpi");
>
>
> I suspect the IS_ERROR() check should return with some error return
> rather than continuing.

OK thanks for letting me know. I'll take a look and will
send a patch. The pinctrl_lookup_state() probably need to
happen only if ddata->pins as they are optional.

Regards,

Tony