Re: [PATCH v2] drm/msm/dpu: reorder pointer operations after sanity checks to avoid NULL deref
From: Dmitry Baryshkov
Date: Sun Mar 09 2025 - 06:19:54 EST
On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 09:55:25AM +0000, Qasim Ijaz wrote:
> _dpu_encoder_trigger_start dereferences "struct dpu_encoder_phys *phys"
> before the sanity checks which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference if
> phys is NULL.
>
> Fix this by reordering the dereference after the sanity checks.
>
> Fixes: 8144d17a81d9 ("drm/msm/dpu: Skip trigger flush and start for CWB")
> Signed-off-by: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> - Moved Signed-off tag below Fixes tag
> - Moved dpu_enc declaration to the top and initialisation below sanity checks
>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx>
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With best wishes
Dmitry