Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: meson-saradc: add NULL check on of_match_device() return value

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Mon Jul 10 2017 - 15:40:38 EST


Hi Martin,

Quoting Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Gustavo A. R. Silva
<garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Check return value from call to of_match_device()
in order to prevent a NULL pointer dereference.

In case of NULL print error message and return -ENODEV

Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
thanks for finding this. a crash here is a rather theoretical problem
(since all compatible strings have their corresponding match data) -
but it doesn't hurt either, so:


I get it, glad to help. :)

Acked-by: Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


---
drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c
index 83da50e..07dbcc3 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/meson_saradc.c
@@ -915,6 +915,11 @@ static int meson_sar_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
init_completion(&priv->done);

match = of_match_device(meson_sar_adc_of_match, &pdev->dev);
+ if (!match) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to match device\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
priv->data = match->data;

indio_dev->name = priv->data->name;
--
2.5.0


_______________________________________________
linux-amlogic mailing list
linux-amlogic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-amlogic

--
Gustavo A. R. Silva