[PATCH] hwrng: fix division by zero in ks_sa_rng_init

From: Nishanth Menon

Date: Fri Sep 19 2025 - 09:20:18 EST


Fix division by zero in ks_sa_rng_init caused by missing clock
pointer initialization. The clk_get_rate() call is performed on
an uninitialized clk pointer, resulting in division by zero when
calculating delay values.

Add clock initialization code before using the clock.

Fixes: 6d01d8511dce ("hwrng: ks-sa - Add minimum sleep time before ready-polling")
Signed-off-by: Nishanth Menon <nm@xxxxxx>

drivers/char/hw_random/ks-sa-rng.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
---

Noticed this when looking at kci logs:
https://dashboard.kernelci.org/log-viewer?itemId=ti%3A0af42187f4b24261b0c102f0&org=ti&type=test&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.kernelci.org%2F%2Fti%2Fmainline%2Fmaster%2Fv6.17-rc6-43-g8b789f2b7602%2Farm%2Fmulti_v7_defconfig%2BCONFIG_EFI%3Dy%2BCONFIG_ARM_LPAE%3Dy%2Bdebug%2Bkselftest%2Btinyconfig%2Fgcc-12%2Fbaseline-nfs-boot.nfs-k2hk-evm.txt.gz

Fixed version boot:
https://gist.github.com/nmenon/0996e5f7bdbcd3b014cee9921a60d88c

drivers/char/hw_random/ks-sa-rng.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/ks-sa-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/ks-sa-rng.c
index d8fd8a354482..9e408144a10c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/ks-sa-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/ks-sa-rng.c
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ static int ks_sa_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (IS_ERR(ks_sa_rng->regmap_cfg))
return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL, "syscon_node_to_regmap failed\n");

+ ks_sa_rng->clk = devm_clk_get_enabled(dev, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR(ks_sa_rng->clk))
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(ks_sa_rng->clk), "Failed to get clock\n");
+
pm_runtime_enable(dev);
ret = pm_runtime_resume_and_get(dev);
if (ret < 0) {
--
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