Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: Fix null pointer dereference

[Dan Carpenter]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 12:07:11AM -0400, Ding Xiang wrote:
> If fw is null then fw->size will trigger null pointer dereference
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ding Xiang <dingxiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c
> index e85ffae..3af28a0 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/bootrom.c
> @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int gb_bootrom_get_firmware(struct gb_operation *op)
>  
>  queue_work:
>  	/* Refresh timeout */
> -	if (!ret && (offset + size == fw->size))
> +	if (!ret && fw && (offset + size == fw->size))

That is impossible.  If "ret" is zero that implies "fw" is a valid
pointer.

regards,
dan carpenter