[PATCH] iio: max9611: fix a NULL pointer dereference

From: Kangjie Lu
Date: Fri Mar 08 2019 - 23:52:56 EST


of_match_device may return NULL when it fails, and in this case,
there will be a NULL pointer dereference. The fix returns
EINVAL when of_match_device returns NULL.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c b/drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c
index 917223d5ff5b..531b6614ea29 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/max9611.c
@@ -524,13 +524,16 @@ static int max9611_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
{
const char * const shunt_res_prop = "shunt-resistor-micro-ohms";
const struct device_node *of_node = client->dev.of_node;
- const struct of_device_id *of_id =
- of_match_device(max9611_of_table, &client->dev);
+ const struct of_device_id *of_id;
struct max9611_dev *max9611;
struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
unsigned int of_shunt;
int ret;

+ of_id = of_match_device(max9611_of_table, &client->dev);
+ if (!of_id)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*max9611));
if (!indio_dev)
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.17.1