[PATCH] platform/mellanox: mlxreg-hotplug: Check pointer for NULL before dereferencing it

[Daniil Dulov]

mlxreg_hotplug_work_helper() implies that item can be NULL. There is a
sanity check that checks item for NULL and then dereferences it.

Even though, the comment before sanity check says that it can only happen
if some piece of hardware is broken, but in this case it will lead to
NULL-pointer dereference before the function is even called,
so let's check it before dereferencing.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: c6acad68eb2d ("platform/mellanox: mlxreg-hotplug: Modify to use a regmap interface")
Signed-off-by: Daniil Dulov <d.dulov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxreg-hotplug.c | 16 +---------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxreg-hotplug.c b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxreg-hotplug.c
index 5c022b258f91..524121b9f070 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxreg-hotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxreg-hotplug.c
@@ -348,20 +348,6 @@ mlxreg_hotplug_work_helper(struct mlxreg_hotplug_priv_data *priv,
 	u32 regval, bit;
 	int ret;
 
-	/*
-	 * Validate if item related to received signal type is valid.
-	 * It should never happen, excepted the situation when some
-	 * piece of hardware is broken. In such situation just produce
-	 * error message and return. Caller must continue to handle the
-	 * signals from other devices if any.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(!item)) {
-		dev_err(priv->dev, "False signal: at offset:mask 0x%02x:0x%02x.\n",
-			item->reg, item->mask);
-
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* Mask event. */
 	ret = regmap_write(priv->regmap, item->reg + MLXREG_HOTPLUG_MASK_OFF,
 			   0);
@@ -556,7 +542,7 @@ static void mlxreg_hotplug_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/* Handle topology and health configuration changes. */
 	for (i = 0; i < pdata->counter; i++, item++) {
-		if (aggr_asserted & item->aggr_mask) {
+		if (item && (aggr_asserted & item->aggr_mask)) {
 			if (item->health)
 				mlxreg_hotplug_health_work_helper(priv, item);
 			else
-- 
2.25.1