Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: ti-ads1298: Add NULL check in ads1298_init()

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Mon Nov 18 2024 - 05:11:35 EST


> devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this
> returned value in ads1298_init() is not checked.
> Add NULL check in ads1298_init(), to handle kernel NULL
> pointer dereference error.

Another wording suggestion:
A devm_kasprintf() call can return a null pointer on failure.
But such a return value was not checked in this function implementation.
Thus add a corresponding check so that a null pointer dereference
will be avoided.


Regards,
Markus