Re: [PATCH v2] power: sequencing: fix an invalid pointer dereference in error path

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Tue Jul 16 2024 - 09:31:28 EST


On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 09:40:04PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We may end up calling pwrseq_target_free() on a partially initialized
> target object whose unit is either NULL or an ERR_PTR(). Avoid
> dereferencing invalid memory by adding an appropriate check to
> pwrseq_target_free().
>
> Fixes: 249ebf3f65f8 ("power: sequencing: implement the pwrseq core")
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/62a3531e-9927-40f8-b587-254a2dfa47ef@stanley.mountain/
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> - check for ERR_PTR() in addition to checking for NULL
> - only add the check to pwrseq_target_free() as anywhere else unit is
> always set and if it's not then it's another bug that needs fixing
>

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

regards,
dan carpenter