Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] serial: 8250_exar: Avoid NULL pointer dereference at ->exit()

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Tue Jun 08 2021 - 11:09:28 EST


On Tue, 2021-06-08 at 17:42 +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> It's possible that during ->exit() the private_data is NULL,
> for instance when there was no GPIO device instantiated.
> Due to this we may not dereference it. Add a respective check.
>
> Note, for now ->exit() only makes sense when GPIO device
> was instantiated, that's why we may use the check for entire
> function.
>
> Fixes: 81171e7d31a6 ("serial: 8250_exar: Constify the software nodes")
> Reported-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> index 2f49c580139b..bd4e9f6ac29c 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c
> @@ -553,7 +553,11 @@ static void pci_xr17v35x_exit(struct pci_dev *pcidev)
> {
> struct exar8250 *priv = pci_get_drvdata(pcidev);
> struct uart_8250_port *port = serial8250_get_port(priv->line[0]);
> - struct platform_device *pdev = port->port.private_data;
> + struct platform_device *pdev;
> +
> + pdev = port->port.private_data;
> + if (!pdev)
> + return;
>
> device_remove_software_node(&pdev->dev);
> platform_device_unregister(pdev);

Hi!

I just tested this patch and it does work!
Thanks a lot for fixing this that fast!

Tested-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky