Re: [PATCH][next] iio: st_sensors: handle memory allocation failure to fix null pointer dereference
From: Linus Walleij
Date: Thu Jan 23 2020 - 10:28:43 EST
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 5:18 PM Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A null pointer deference on pdata can occur if the allocation of
> pdata fails. Fix this by adding a null pointer check and handle
> the -ENOMEM failure in the caller.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return value")
That's a weirdo tag, but I suppose you have aligned with the maintainers
about this.
> Fixes: 3ce85cc4fbb7 ("iio: st_sensors: get platform data from device tree")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
Yours,
Linus Walleij