[PATCH] Bluetooth: btrtl: Prevent potential NULL dereference

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Wed Apr 02 2025 - 07:02:24 EST


The btrtl_initialize() function checks that rtl_load_file() either
had an error or it loaded a zero length file. However, if it loaded
a zero length file then the error code is not set correctly. It
results in an error pointer vs NULL bug, followed by a NULL pointer
dereference. This was detected by Smatch:

drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c:592 btrtl_initialize() warn: passing zero to 'ERR_PTR'

Fixes: 26503ad25de8 ("Bluetooth: btrtl: split the device initialization into smaller parts")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
index d3eba0d4a57d..7838c89e529e 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btrtl.c
@@ -1215,6 +1215,8 @@ struct btrtl_device_info *btrtl_initialize(struct hci_dev *hdev,
rtl_dev_err(hdev, "mandatory config file %s not found",
btrtl_dev->ic_info->cfg_name);
ret = btrtl_dev->cfg_len;
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = -EINVAL;
goto err_free;
}
}
--
2.47.2