Re: [PATCH] media: omap3isp: handle NULL return of omap3isp_video_format_info() in ccdc_is_shiftable().

From: H. Nikolaus Schaller
Date: Tue Jun 27 2017 - 01:47:14 EST


Hi,

> Am 26.06.2017 um 22:12 schrieb Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxx>:
>
> Hi Nikolaus,
>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 07:54:19PM +0200, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>> If a camera module driver specifies a format that is not
>> supported by omap3isp this ends in a NULL pointer
>> dereference instead of a simple fail.
>
> Has this happened in practice?

Yes. I wouldn't have noticed it otherwise.

It happens with a new ov965x driver just submitted for review.
It seems to provide some format that the omap3isp does not understand.

I can send you a console stack log if needed.

> If it does, it is probably a driver bug ---
> the formats on its pads should be recognised by the driver.

>
> WARN_ON() around the condition would be good to avoid silently ignoring such
> issues.
>
> I wonder what Laurent thinks.
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispccdc.c | 3 +++
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispccdc.c b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispccdc.c
>> index 2fb755f20a6b..dcf16ee7c612 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispccdc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/omap3isp/ispccdc.c
>> @@ -2397,6 +2397,9 @@ static bool ccdc_is_shiftable(u32 in, u32 out, unsigned int additional_shift)
>> in_info = omap3isp_video_format_info(in);
>> out_info = omap3isp_video_format_info(out);
>>
>> + if (!in_info || !out_info)
>> + return false;
>> +
>> if ((in_info->flavor == 0) || (out_info->flavor == 0))
>> return false;
>>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sakari Ailus
> e-mail: sakari.ailus@xxxxxx XMPP: sailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

BR and thanks,
Nikolaus