[PATCH v2] ipmi: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ssif_probe

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Fri Aug 31 2018 - 11:01:10 EST


There is a potential execution path in which function ssif_info_find()
returns NULL, hence there is a NULL pointer dereference when accessing
pointer *addr_info*

Fix this by null checking *addr_info* before dereferencing it.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473145 ("Explicit null dereferenced")
Fixes: e333054a91d1 ("ipmi: Fix I2C client removal in the SSIF driver")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Fix typo in commit log.

drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index 2ff3679..764d305 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -1641,7 +1641,9 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)

out:
if (rv) {
- addr_info->client = NULL;
+ if (addr_info)
+ addr_info->client = NULL;
+
dev_err(&client->dev, "Unable to start IPMI SSIF: %d\n", rv);
kfree(ssif_info);
}
--
2.7.4