[PATCH v2] serial: 8250_mid: Fix NULL function pointer dereference on DNV/ICX-D/SNR platforms
From: Jiangshan Yi
Date: Wed Jul 15 2026 - 03:36:45 EST
Commit b1b4efea05a5 ("serial: 8250_mid: Disable DMA for selected
platforms") replaced the dnv_board setup and exit callbacks with
PTR_IF(false, ...), which evaluates to NULL. However, the three call
sites in mid8250_probe() and mid8250_remove() unconditionally dereference
these function pointers without NULL checks, causing a NULL pointer
dereference (kernel oops) on any Denverton (DNV), Ice Lake Xeon D
(ICX-D/CDF), or Snowridge (SNR) platform.
Fix this by adding the missing NULL checks before calling the setup
and exit callbacks.
Fixes: b1b4efea05a5 ("serial: 8250_mid: Disable DMA for selected platforms")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiangshan Yi <yijiangshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Changed the setup call from a ternary expression to an if-block as suggested.
- Removed the redundant Cc lines from the commit message body.
v1:
- initial submission
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c
index f88809ff370b..82656645b8a6 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mid.c
@@ -318,9 +318,11 @@ static int mid8250_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
if (!uart.port.membase)
return -ENOMEM;
- ret = mid->board->setup(mid, &uart.port);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
+ if (mid->board->setup) {
+ ret = mid->board->setup(mid, &uart.port);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
ret = mid8250_dma_setup(mid, &uart);
if (ret)
@@ -336,7 +338,8 @@ static int mid8250_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
return 0;
err:
- mid->board->exit(mid);
+ if (mid->board->exit)
+ mid->board->exit(mid);
return ret;
}
@@ -346,7 +349,8 @@ static void mid8250_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
serial8250_unregister_port(mid->line);
- mid->board->exit(mid);
+ if (mid->board->exit)
+ mid->board->exit(mid);
}
static const struct mid8250_board pnw_board = {
--
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